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Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Location: Bay River
Mile Marker: Mile 161.5
Lat / Lon: N 35° 09.083' / W 076° 34.500'
Depth: 7-11 Feet
Description:
Beautiful secluded anchorage, with no structures in sight. However, in late afternoon many large black flies bit us, and after dark there were thousands of mosquitoes. Great spot but will not go back there in the summer because of the bugs. (Submitted by Douglas Wolfe)

3.86

(7)

3.86 out of 5 stars

Holding:

4.29

Good, Mud

Wind Protection:

2.86

Exposed to North

Current Flow:

3.86

Wake Protection:

4.57

Exposed to North

Scenic Beauty:

4.00

Ease of Shopping:

1.57

Shore Access:

1.33

Pet Friendly:

1.17

Cell Service:

3.00

WiFi:

1.00

Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Lance Williamson on Nov 15, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.8'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

3

Wake Protection:

4

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

4

WiFi:

1

We anchored to the west of the anchor symbol in the Waterway Guide. There were a few crab pots along the edge of the channel going in but none in the channel. Anchored in 10' of water. Wind was blowing pretty good so we put out lots of scope. The Rocna anchor set and did budge throughout the night. It is November so no mosquitos. The "low land" does not provide much protection from the wind, but it does keep down the wave size. No hunters used the duck blinds -- their boat were the blinds. There were 3 boats outside of the anchorage. First shots were around 8:00 am as we were pulling up the anchor. A good washdown sprayer is needed to get the goopy mud off the anchor rode and anchor.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Tony Buntyn on Dec 5, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

5

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

3

Pet Friendly:

2

Cell Service:

2

WiFi:

1

Just a beautiful spot. Easy to get into. Great holding and wave protection. Mind the duck blinds around. You might get an early wake up during duck season.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: DBrian on Apr 27, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 41'
Draft: 5.0'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

3

Wind Protection:

2

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

4

Scenic Beauty:

3

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

3

WiFi:

1

We had a strong south to southwest wind predicted for the night so gave this a try. Unfortunately, with a 4- or 5-foot draft, I’d say in a blow you really cannot get close enough to the tree line to attain good wind protection. There’s good 8 to 10 ft depth in the center, however, the shallows keep you from tucking in close to the trees and winds were still coming through. It also had a lot of crab pots and when we did try our first anchor drop with 75’ of chain, we had some dragging in the soft mud. We didn’t try again because of the wind issues.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Bruce Stewart, Escape, on Apr 24, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 3.0'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

4

Current Flow:

5

Wake Protection:

5

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

3

WiFi:

1

Good hold on the bottom, anchor had to be reset (due to wind shift) and had no trouble.
Crab Pots everywhere. Bugs were not bad.

Charts are accurate for path in.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Roger S. on Apr 23, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 3.6'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

1

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

4

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

3

WiFi:

1

We stayed one night on April 16, 2021. The crab pots were very dense across the entire body of water making it difficult to find enough room to swing even with less than 5:1 scope.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Robert on Oct 15, 2019
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 50'
Draft: 5.0'

Overall Rating:

5

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

2

Wake Protection:

5

Scenic Beauty:

4

Ease of Shopping:

5

Shore Access:

1

Pet Friendly:

1

Cell Service:

3

WiFi:

1

This is our second stop, once in spring 2018 and now fall of 2019. No bugs or mosquitoes. Have it all to ourselves. Sort of open in most directions as shore line is very low lying but with 125 ft of chain out in 8 ft bring it on, we love the swing room. Anchored on 10-15-19 at LAT 35-09.06.5 N LON 076-35.02.03 W ENJOY this anchorage.

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Review for Bonner Bay - Long Creek

Reviewed by: Skipper Bob on Jun 1, 2016
Draft: 0.0'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

4

Current Flow:

5

Wake Protection:

5

Scenic Beauty:

5

Ease of Shopping:

1

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