Anchorages On and Near Manatee River (off southwestern Tampa Bay)
LOTS of good info about where to drop the hook on the Manatee River, and points nearby!
Around the Bradenton/Palmetto area, try the north side of the Manatee river off Emerson Point to be off an unpopulated shore (nice mangroves). you’ll have some tidal current, but not bad, just prepare for the swing and wind versus current happenings. Opposite side of river is also a good anchorage, but it is more crowded and populated on shore. The anchorage off the Regatta Pointe Marina is real rolly from boat traffic, and holding is acceptable but soft.
Have not tried it because of the draft of my old sailboat (6′), but a great trawler anchorage would be in Terra Ceia Bay near Palmetto, on the East side of Bird Key. On weekends, usually a few boats, on the week days you may have it to yourself. Some friends anchored there and loved it. Isolated, but if that is what you like, you’ll love it. When we get a trawler, that’s one of the first places we will go.
Have fun.
Rudy
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