What was the bottom like where you landed Jason? - A mix of sand and gravel.
How was the current where you landed? - It varied from moving pretty good (needed a spike to move along hardpan) to dead slack
What was the topography like? A mix over a couple of sites, mostly hardpan with gravel/sand streaks/islands, there were a couple cliffs and drop offs, some areas there was sand and gravel covering the whole bottom, the gravel sometimes got up to 2-3ft deep over the hardpan.
any hard pan? yes
cliffs? yes
drop offs? yes
see any gators during the ride out and back? - We did, we saw an 8-10fter right as we were about to splash on the Friday, it was moving out of the area though. There was a little 3-4fter that hung out and watched the boat for several hours.