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Florida Bay Be Courteous Give Them Space Joe Bay nd Sou g Lon Legend Little Trout Blackwater West Lake Alligator Cove Sound 3-6 Feet Deep. Recommended for boats 23 feet in length or less. Bay Davis Seven Cove Snipe Pt Coot Bay Palm ira Deer Key Less than 3 Feet Deep. Recommended for boats drafting less Bay ade Lake M Duck than 12 inches. Avoid stopping and starting - even shallow boats C A P E W tle can “crater” the bottom when getting up on plane. Lit Key The Boggies S A B L E W W Buttonwood Canal Eagle Key Shoal or banktop. These areas can be less than 1 foot deep. Bear Lake y Poling or trolling motors recommended. Garfield e Blackwater K Porpoise Bight y Sound Rankin Santini Terrapin Tern Keys g Pt Madeira g Snake Bight Bight Pass Key o m Bight Bay Bay B Wilderness Entry. Paddle-in only. Only boats with motor Otter Crocodile Pt Crocodile Dragover W removed from transom allowed beyond these points. Flamingo Key Derelict Terrapin Pt Lake Key Nest Keys Porjoe Key Key Joe Crocodile W Kemp Tin Can Channel Umbrella Key Mosquito Pt Big Key Snake Bight Channel Dragover Wilderness. Only boats with motor removed from transom Bradley Key Key Rankin Key Whaleback Key allowed in these waters. Triplet Park Key East Keys Black Cape Buoy Key Betsy Buttonwood Cape Keys Murray Key Sound Canal Camp Key Samphire Wildlife Management Area. Closed to any and all entry. Dump Keys Club Bob Keys Shell Key Cormorant Key Keys Formerly known as the “Crocodile Sanctuary”. Middle Ground Oyster Keys Frank Palm Key Key Key Curlew Key Catfish Key Swash Keys Conchie Channel Brush End Key Murray-Clive Channel Roscoe Key Keys Buttonwood Russell Keys Twisty Mile Clive Key Key Whipray Basin Manatee Keys Pelican First National Bank Jim Foot Key Bottle Key Passes & Channels Everglades National Park Boundary Dildo Key Bank Keys Key Stake Key Dildo Key Largo Jimmy Channel Black Coon Key Calusa Very shallow, especially in winter. Can be 16 inches deep or Johnson Key Keys less. Route is often very hard to read. Only shallow draft Carl Ross Key Dead Terrapin Whipray Low Key Keys 1 Rodriguez Key Topsy eys Key boats (1 foot or less) at all times. We recommend boater’s Allen K Sandy Key Key Bob use other routes in winter. Man of War Cluett Key Man of War Channel Key Corinne Key Sid Captain Key Key Red Some portions might be less than two feet deep and Pollock Keys require tight turns. Extra care required to avoid damage to Iron Pipe Channel Spy Key Panhandle Crane Keys the bottom. Only shallow draft boats (1 foot or less). Key Tavernier Rabbit Keys T Oxfoot Bank East Key ave Rabbit Key Basin rni Tavernier Key er C Crab Keys ree Green FLORIDA Gopher Keys k West Key Plantation Wide channels that are usually deep and easy to read. BAY Plantation Good for beginners. Still, boats drafting more than 18 Key Schooner Bank Rabbit Key Pass FLORIDA KEYS inches not recommended. Ninemile Bank Everglades National Park Boundary Twin Keys NATIONAL MARINE Channel Mouth SANCTUARY Twin Key Bank Snake Creek & Markers Windley Size up the channel from a safe Key FLORIDA KEYS Upper Arsnicker Barnes Key distance. Stay on plane, but slow Keys way down. Channels are shallow- Shell Islamorada NATIONAL MARINE Key est at their entrances and exits, so Peterson trim your motor. Enter. If there are Lower Arsnicker Keys SANCTUARY Keys Upper Matecumbe Buchanan Lignumvitae Key Key two stakes, stay between them. Keys ATLANTIC If there is only one stake, stay as State Aquatic Entrance Shallow Sprigger Bank Preserve close as possible to it. Arrows k Trim Up n a indicate the side of the stake B OCEAN ic k where you should be. n n Lignumvitae e a Key Teatable Key rs B North A n o Corinne Key to n Bo Choosing Routes o Indian Tripod Bank P Key Pollock Keys Use the deepest routes to get to Spy Key Waterway Panhandle where you’re going. A boat could Key 0 1 5 10 Kilometers use two routes from A to B. The Lower Matecumbe A best would be the green channels Key 0 1 5 10 Miles Gopher Keys SE of Panhandle and S of Gopher Intracoastal Keys. Don’t run aground, take the B Fiesta long way around. It might cost you Anne's Beach Twin Keys Key 1 5 minutes, but it will save you from 5 tearing up the sea bottom. Use as a companion to NOAA Chart 33E - Do not use for navigation - Use as a companion to NOAA Chart 33E - Do not use for navigation - Use as a companion to NOAA Chart 33E ý %KNQHC@!@X&THCD %KNQHC@!@X&THCD þ.