Shanes7614 Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Has anyone ever fished this canal in the Palmetto Park rd area? Where would I be able to launch a canoe to get to this area? Any advice would be appreciated. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted May 30, 2014 Super User Posted May 30, 2014 Fished it many times. On Dixie Hwy just north or Hillsboro rd there is Pioneer park, I believe it's a public ramp, you can work your way north up the canal. Just north of Glades on NW 4 th is an apartment, I think it's called Cynthia Arms, there is a little cement ramp there. I've parked there many times and no ever says anything. This is directly across the canal from FAU. There is a spillway there, a cement over flow not a lock, one side is fresh water the other is brackish and tidal. I've caught snook, tarpon, bass, jacks, lady fish there. Quote
Shanes7614 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Posted May 30, 2014 How is it south of palmetto park rd? Is that fresh water? Where on the canal is the spillway? Quote
shallow thinker Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 It is saltwater at Palmetto Pk Road. If you look at Google Earth (or other satellite mapping program)... trace the canal north of NW 20 street in Boca and you will see where there is a bike path that runs alongside the El Rio canal. The path runs a long ways to the Boca-Delray border. This part is all freshwater. I fished the banks and caught largemouth and seen peacock bass. I put a canoe in from the FAU campus. There was no ramp and it was a bit tricky but I bet you would have an easier time putting in where the El Rio intersects Congress Ave in Boca. Park on the side of the road and drag you canoe over the bank. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted May 31, 2014 Super User Posted May 31, 2014 I'm not sure where you can park a vehicle @ Congress and the El Rio, there are some office building a little further south. The further south from Glades the saltier it gets, eventually the canal dumps into the ocean via the Hillsboro inlet. The ramp I mentioned at the Cynthia arms is where the spillway is, especially in rainy season fresh water flows into the tidal part of the canal. Some years ago I caught a bass that was a good 6# where the canal intersects Glades rd. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205722576351840746262.0004faab7d53b20bcfcc3&msa=0&ll=26.367211,-80.095654&spn=0.002028,0.003809 Quote
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