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If you go to Camp Lonesome, try paddling Wood River. It is a really pretty river, and the fishing can be very good. Near
Camp Lonesome it is a narrow river, then it widens out into a fair sized river for a short distance then narrows down again.
Downstream of the creek to the Mud Lakes the river is full of submerged branches of dead Red Mangrove trees. It is still quite
navigable by canoe or kayak, and the deadfalls make good structure for fish. This section of the river is quite scenic. There
are bromeliads on the trees, and there are occasional clumps of cattails. The lower part of the river is overgrown with mangrove
and you will have to zigzag back and forth across the river and slide over and under branches and logs. The river widens out
again near the junction with The Nightmare and Broad river.
When I paddled Wood River in March of 2002, I came across
a school of baby tarpon at the creek to the Mud Lakes and was with them until the river closed in. When one fish would throw
the lure, another would grab it. Farther down, near The Nightmare there were large tarpon rolling but none were interested
in my lure.
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| This is the narrow upper part of Wood River |
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| After about a mile the river widens out. |
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| There are a lot of snags and submerged logs after the side creek from the Mud Lakes. |
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| Several miles of the river are like this. Good fishing territory. |
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| Bromeliads on Wood River |
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| The river narrows and becomes overhung with mangrove. |
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