Banjo music is right. The South lives on in this part of Florida. And as for the Swannee, I've done this stretch in a small john boat. The gators here are serious. There are two kinds, big and bigger. I had my dog in the boat (gators favorite food, the dog, not the boat). Those bad boys cruised right beside me for 20 minutes looking at dinner. It's the only place I've ever fished that I wished I had a shotgun along.

This part of the coast has no distinct beach, only a slow transition from mud and mangrove swamp to shallow Gulf. If you've seen the old movie Africian Queen you get the idea.

If you like this (I do) you can play here with the right tools. But leave the long daggerboards at home.