Bahia Honda was a great bridge to fish before the ends were cut off to forever deny us access to one of the best places in Florida to target giant hammerhead sharks,tiger sharks and massive bull sharks.This bridge holds many special moments for many us old timers in the shark club.The view from the top of that bridge was spectacular and at night when moon was full the ocean was like a silver plate all lit up.It was a place to be at peace it was so quiet and far away from everything but it was also place where you knew anything could happen with some of the biggest sharks around right below you.
Postcard of Bahia Honda bridge
The Bahia Honda bridge with the arrow showing "the hump"the deepest part of the channel and also the highest part of the bridge where we fished.
A view from our campsite on Bahia Honda bridge facing North towards the Bahia Honda State Park
Any chance you can post up an aerial view of this location from Google Earth? I'd like to see how this particular location is positioned but I'm not familiar with it's exact location.
HEN FEEN
anything worth doin is worth doin right....
Any chance you can post up an aerial view of this location from Google Earth? I'd like to see how this particular location is positioned but I'm not familiar with it's exact location.
HEN FEEN
http://www.bahiahondapark.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia_Honda_Rail_Bridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CrpHIkTFw
http://www.aurora.mccsc.edu/flimmersion/bahiabridge.html
http://www.floridastateparks.org/bahiahonda/images/BAH-view-of-the-island.jpg
I wonder if they will ever reopen the old Bahia honda bridge. At one point I heard they were going to rebuild the old bridge, there was even a article on the herald about it, I do wish they would
Will
If they do im selling my condo for a trailer in marathon and sleeping there ands fishing 5 days a week lol
but yah will they were they even had construction shelters and supplies laid out by the beginning of the bridge
SFSC -East Coast Events Coordinator
looks beautiful
you can still catch the bahia honda monsters if you know how to fish it( but im not telling )
just kidding if anyone wants to know how to fish bahia honda and get there reel dumped in about 2 seconds pm i grew up in the keys i lived there for 22 yrs ( serious inquries ony this is my second best shark spot in the lower keys i dont want to give my secrets to everyone only serious monster hunters
on the keywest side the side with nothing on it go down to the corner of the sea wall paddle your bait out between the 2-3 pilings the paddle south about 300 yrds you should come across a patch reef that rises out of the channel ( you can see it clearly on a nautical chart ) you MUST fish this on an out going tide drop your bait on the side of the patch reef ( this should be the side that is facing the park ) then hold on you should be able to have a shot at one of the bahia honda monsters ( also i found that if you get a bunch of cheap dog food IN CANS stab a bunch of holes in them and drop them 50 yrds up current of your bait they sink and the current rolls them along the bottom releasing there oily goodness along the way found it works good there )
good luck thats my secret way of fishing bahia honda to get the monsters