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Camping Lake Manatee

Post by Josh.TerHorst » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:03 pm

Has anyone every camped at Lake Manatee. If so how is it. I have only camped at Fort Desoto so far down here in FL.

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by bodysnatcher » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:09 pm

I have not been out there in many many years. You could even come down a little more south and camp at Mayaka State park.
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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by Josh.TerHorst » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:15 pm

Myself and four friends live in the Tampa Bay area and don't want to go to far. We saw Lake Manatee and it looked nice. Looking to do some fishing.

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by bodysnatcher » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:19 pm

It's only about a hour more away and would be worth the trip sometime. The fishing is pretty good there to.
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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by GoodOyster » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:22 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:It's only about a hour more away and would be worth the trip sometime. The fishing is pretty good there to.
Shoot, coming down I-75 it ain't but another 20-25 minutes to Myakka State Park from where you turn onto SR64. By the time you turn onto SR64 and get out to Lake Manatee you could be down to Clark Road (SR72), then it's just 10 minutes or so out to Myakka. I've never camped at either place, but I know folks who have and they are both nice places to spend a weekend.
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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by Josh.TerHorst » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:14 pm

Do you know if you can fish either place without a boat, or would you need a boat?

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by trouttouter » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:33 pm

Yes, you can fish both without a boat. Watch those gators though.

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by vonnick52 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:54 pm

I camped at Myakka and the campgrounds are very nice. Caught some panfish in the pond in the southern part, saw some big bass jump and a nice 7 foot gator in there.
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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by houseofmicah » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:35 pm

lake manatee is gonna be a bit more quiet. myakka is a very busy park this time of year. i like myakka cause i see more wildlife while camping and i dont hear the desoto speedway or drag strip while relaxing by the fire at night. fishing is good in both lakes and yes, watch out for the gators, especially at myakka.

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by honestjim » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:48 pm

lake manatee campground not so great. but fishing manatee is a lot better than myakka

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by flhuntfish » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:05 pm

Ive camped at both back in the day. But ive camped at probably a good 2/3 of the state parks in FL so they all kinda blend together so i cant really help ya :lol:

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by gobblergetter » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:49 pm

better camping at myakka but better fishing at manatee if you have a boat. but more shoreline to fish at myakka

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by houseofmicah » Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:54 pm

we are goin to lake manatee at the end of the month before it gets too hot. unless i get conned in to going to ginnie springs this summer we wont camp til probably december after this.

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by flhuntfish » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:21 pm

houseofmicah wrote:we are goin to lake manatee at the end of the month before it gets too hot. unless i get conned in to going to ginnie springs this summer we wont camp til probably december after this.
Ginnie springs is always AWESOME :toast I can be there in about 20 mins or so

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Re: Camping Lake Manatee

Post by houseofmicah » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:25 pm

yeah, its fun, just not always fun to go with certain people who make camping more work than it should be. last time we went a tropical storm came thru, it sucked. all the other trips were great, with and without kids.

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