Rice Creek to Jug Lake (Fisher Island) platform
Friday, July 30, 2004 brint.adams@us.army.mil
If you don't first succeed... we tried this paddle earlier in the month during the July 2nd full moon and got rained out. So, with a blue (second full) moon in July, we tried again to make it out to the camping platform on the other side of Fisher Island on what is known as Jug (or Fisher) Lake.
Linda and I met Bob, Dennis, Fritz and Harriet at Rice Creek Landing at around 5:15 PM and headed out Rice Creek under cloudy, but non-threatening skies. The deer flies were ferocious, and even with a liberal dose of Swamp Buddy bug juice, only partially effective.
There was not much current as we put in just after high tide. The first flower we noticed was the swamp lily, with a large white bloom somewhat similar to the spider lily, which grows along the bank. The bloom sits up about 18" above the rest of the plant.
We made it out to Briar Lake and across to the cut-through to Tensaw Lake. We turned left or SW down along Larry Island until we reached the Tensaw River. We crossed the river and entered Jessamine Bayou, which had only a mild current coming out. Fortunately, we were preceded by someone with a chainsaw, who recently did some strategic clearing. After staying left and avoiding two false right forks, we took the next right fork which soon opens up into Jug Lake. We followed it around counterclockwise for about 0.75 mi. until we reached our destination, which was one of the newly constructed camping platforms reserved for kayakers and canoeists to use. They will soon be released for use by reservation by the State. The trip out was about 3.75 mi. and took us just under one hour.
We parked our boats and unloaded our potluck dinner and drinks, while Bob maneuvered his canoe around, so Dennis could take some professional photos for an upcoming article about the area for his magazine and guidebook. Since Fritz was color-coordinated with yellow hat, PFD and kayak top and is our resident professional male kayak model, he happily obliged to pose for many action shots out in front of the platform.
Soon thereafter, Norm and Gary arrived to share some more food, wine and cheer. After finishing off most of the fine food, and all of the wine, we loaded up and headed back as the sun was rapidly fading away. It was pretty dark going down Jessamine, but once we got back to Briar Lake, the moon started to come out from behind the cloud cover and led us back up Rice Creek and back to the landing at around 9:30 PM.
If you don't first succeed... we tried this paddle earlier in the month during the July 2nd full moon and got rained out. So, with a blue (second full) moon in July, we tried again to make it out to the camping platform on the other side of Fisher Island on what is known as Jug (or Fisher) Lake.
Linda and I met Bob, Dennis, Fritz and Harriet at Rice Creek Landing at around 5:15 PM and headed out Rice Creek under cloudy, but non-threatening skies. The deer flies were ferocious, and even with a liberal dose of Swamp Buddy bug juice, only partially effective.
There was not much current as we put in just after high tide. The first flower we noticed was the swamp lily, with a large white bloom somewhat similar to the spider lily, which grows along the bank. The bloom sits up about 18" above the rest of the plant.
We made it out to Briar Lake and across to the cut-through to Tensaw Lake. We turned left or SW down along Larry Island until we reached the Tensaw River. We crossed the river and entered Jessamine Bayou, which had only a mild current coming out. Fortunately, we were preceded by someone with a chainsaw, who recently did some strategic clearing. After staying left and avoiding two false right forks, we took the next right fork which soon opens up into Jug Lake. We followed it around counterclockwise for about 0.75 mi. until we reached our destination, which was one of the newly constructed camping platforms reserved for kayakers and canoeists to use. They will soon be released for use by reservation by the State. The trip out was about 3.75 mi. and took us just under one hour.
We parked our boats and unloaded our potluck dinner and drinks, while Bob maneuvered his canoe around, so Dennis could take some professional photos for an upcoming article about the area for his magazine and guidebook. Since Fritz was color-coordinated with yellow hat, PFD and kayak top and is our resident professional male kayak model, he happily obliged to pose for many action shots out in front of the platform.
Soon thereafter, Norm and Gary arrived to share some more food, wine and cheer. After finishing off most of the fine food, and all of the wine, we loaded up and headed back as the sun was rapidly fading away. It was pretty dark going down Jessamine, but once we got back to Briar Lake, the moon started to come out from behind the cloud cover and led us back up Rice Creek and back to the landing at around 9:30 PM.
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