• Welcome to Jetboaters.net!

    We are delighted you have found your way to the best Jet Boaters Forum on the internet! Please consider Signing Up so that you can enjoy all the features and offers on the forum. We have members with boats from all the major manufacturers including Yamaha, Seadoo, Scarab and Chaparral. We don't email you SPAM, and the site is totally non-commercial. So what's to lose? IT IS FREE!

    Membership allows you to ask questions (no matter how mundane), meet up with other jet boaters, see full images (not just thumbnails), browse the member map and qualifies you for members only discounts offered by vendors who run specials for our members only! (It also gets rid of this banner!)

    free hit counter

Anclote Sand Bar

adrianp89

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
5,252
Reaction score
4,286
Points
382
Location
Tampa Bay, FL
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2021
Boat Model
252SE
Boat Length
25
Nice, I am sure we will be out there soon. Do you launch from the small ramp at 38th? Doesn't seem to be many good ramps into the bay.
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
Nice, I am sure we will be out there soon. Do you launch from the small ramp at 38th? Doesn't seem to be many good ramps into the bay.
Boat's in my backyard. See sig. But, yes I do. If I need to pull it that's where I go. It's a small lot. Can hold about 6 trailers.

If you have a Kayak, put in at Weedon Island. Many folks do. There's a path to follow thru the Mangroves. It's gorgeous in there.
 

adrianp89

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
5,252
Reaction score
4,286
Points
382
Location
Tampa Bay, FL
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2021
Boat Model
252SE
Boat Length
25
Hmm I will have to research other ramps, I imagine on a weekend morning the lot gets full quick.
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
Here are more:
1550945630118.png
 

EmeryZ28

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
166
Reaction score
81
Points
117
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
19
hit up the Getaway(gandy) via boat for the first time last Saturday. loved it. marine forecast says bay waters are going to be "smooth" again this weekend, so I think we are going to make the nice ride from Safety Harbor to the Getaway again.
 

AJack

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
483
Reaction score
294
Points
117
Location
Tampa 33621
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
24
Last weekend was the smoothest this year, ended up going to the Gulf. This weekend, we're heading to Egmont Key on Saturday.
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
hit up the Getaway(gandy) via boat for the first time last Saturday. loved it. marine forecast says bay waters are going to be "smooth" again this weekend, so I think we are going to make the nice ride from Safety Harbor to the Getaway again.
I shot down to The Island Way Grille and Raw Bar Saturday afternoon. Ride back was smooth sailing (motoring). Loved it!!!
 

EmeryZ28

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
166
Reaction score
81
Points
117
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
19
Dean P

how is the swimming for kids at that sandbar you pointed out in your map??
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
Dean P

how is the swimming for kids at that sandbar you pointed out in your map??
There's always children playing at that sandbar (along with adults and their dogs). It's a very popular place. It's a very long bar. Be sure to ride the length of it to get to know it. It is all apart of Weedon Island. Riviera Bay is a great place for water sports. All these sandbars are covered in water when the tide is high. Let me know when you're going. Maybe we can hookup.

94393
 

EmeryZ28

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
166
Reaction score
81
Points
117
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
19
Wow it has been a long time since anyone posted in here. Looking to revive the thread a little.

have any of you had an experience boating around Johns Pass?

I am looking to drop in clearwater this saturday and cruise the intercoastal down to johns pass and dock at Gators for lunch
 

AJack

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
483
Reaction score
294
Points
117
Location
Tampa 33621
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
24
I'm going out this weekend, no idea where. May not go in the water, but looking for a lunch place. Leaving from MacDill, so the Gulf locations will be out of reach for me.
 

EmeryZ28

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
166
Reaction score
81
Points
117
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
19
I'm going out this weekend, no idea where. May not go in the water, but looking for a lunch place. Leaving from MacDill, so the Gulf locations will be out of reach for me.
Getaway!
 

AJack

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
483
Reaction score
294
Points
117
Location
Tampa 33621
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
24
I just read what I wrote, I am going in the water, but not going into the Gulf, staying bayside. I just looked at this weekend's events:

Downtown Tampa has St Patty's day - I don't want green dye on the boat's hull
St Pete has the Grand Prix race - added traffic with limited slips for boats
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
I just read what I wrote, I am going in the water, but not going into the Gulf, staying bayside. I just looked at this weekend's events:

Downtown Tampa has St Patty's day - I don't want green dye on the boat's hull
St Pete has the Grand Prix race - added traffic with limited slips for boats
My selection minus Downtown St. Pete. These are a little pricey but just about everything on the water is.
  1. Salt Shack on the Bay is really good. Excellant food and drinks. A must see. They have docks too.
  2. The Big Catch (the old FishTales) is very good
  3. Getaway is good.
  4. Hula Bay is not bad but the food quality has dropped.
 

EmeryZ28

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
166
Reaction score
81
Points
117
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2017
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
19
Dean have you ever docked at Gators on Johns Pass?
 

Dean P

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
3,471
Reaction score
4,915
Points
357
Location
Florida
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2017
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
22
Yes, easy if you're on the outside of the dock. Sometimes they have dock hands to help. Used to go there all the time (by boat) when I lived in Clearwater.
 

AJack

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
483
Reaction score
294
Points
117
Location
Tampa 33621
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
24
We've been to all of those places minus the Big Catch, which looks too close to this weekend's race.
 

Drift Away

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
1,181
Reaction score
1,853
Points
282
Location
34689
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2016
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
24
We should be out around anclote park for sure sat and maybe friday. I come back to FL thurs morning. Need to work on my tan. facebook_1581947946242_978102822828094.jpg
 

adrianp89

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
5,252
Reaction score
4,286
Points
382
Location
Tampa Bay, FL
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2021
Boat Model
252SE
Boat Length
25
Wow it has been a long time since anyone posted in here. Looking to revive the thread a little.

have any of you had an experience boating around Johns Pass?

I am looking to drop in clearwater this saturday and cruise the intercoastal down to johns pass and dock at Gators for lunch
I am at John's Pass pretty often. On a busy day at the sandbar, it will no doubt test your reverse skills as the current rips through the pass. Gators isn't too bad but can easily become difficult, but their new docks are really nice. Gators has great food too.
 

svana

Jet Boat Junkie
Messages
396
Reaction score
354
Points
147
Location
Riverview, FL
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2008
Boat Model
SX
Boat Length
23
We're thinking about going out this weekend, tbd on where. There's supposedly some event out at Bunce's Pass sandbar as well, might go there or maybe just to Beer Can, anybody going somewhere similar?
 
Top