I hope this is the right forum to post this question. I've done a lot of research, but there I haven't found much information on the topic.
So after years of talking about it, the Brother-in-Law and I are finally floating from Columbus down to Apalachicola this month and meeting our wives down there. We plan on leaving early Tuesday morning and meeting the wives Friday in Cape San Blas where they will have the truck and trailer and we will have a room until Monday. We will be in a 23 foot center console offshore boat with a 100 gallon tank and a bimini top to try to hide from the sun. We plan on camping and/or staying on the boat the first few nights on each lake or in the bay. We may get a room on Seminole and possibly down in Apalachicola depending on how we feel. I figured it would take us about a day from Columbus to Eufaula, a day from Eufaula to Seminole, and then a day to get down to Apalachicola. We may make it quicker, we may take another day. We both took off the week and as long as we make it to Cape San Blas before the wives are ready to leave on Monday we should be good!
Has anyone made this trip recently? I have read the river was fine past Columbus for commercial use and that we should not have any problems in a deeper boat, but is this still true? We are good with camping and have made overnight trips before. I've been to both Eufaula and Seminole and am aware of the gators (I've hunted gators at Eufaula and at Seminole) and of the bugs.
Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!
So after years of talking about it, the Brother-in-Law and I are finally floating from Columbus down to Apalachicola this month and meeting our wives down there. We plan on leaving early Tuesday morning and meeting the wives Friday in Cape San Blas where they will have the truck and trailer and we will have a room until Monday. We will be in a 23 foot center console offshore boat with a 100 gallon tank and a bimini top to try to hide from the sun. We plan on camping and/or staying on the boat the first few nights on each lake or in the bay. We may get a room on Seminole and possibly down in Apalachicola depending on how we feel. I figured it would take us about a day from Columbus to Eufaula, a day from Eufaula to Seminole, and then a day to get down to Apalachicola. We may make it quicker, we may take another day. We both took off the week and as long as we make it to Cape San Blas before the wives are ready to leave on Monday we should be good!
Has anyone made this trip recently? I have read the river was fine past Columbus for commercial use and that we should not have any problems in a deeper boat, but is this still true? We are good with camping and have made overnight trips before. I've been to both Eufaula and Seminole and am aware of the gators (I've hunted gators at Eufaula and at Seminole) and of the bugs.
Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!