Lake Harris

Amelia and myself went for a walk at one of the recreational areas at Lake Harris and I made a few casts without luck.

Honeymoon Island FL

Sundays is the day that we usually do excursions that are further away from home and seeing that we are never at the coast this is the destination of choice. This time we tried to revisit Honeymoon Island, where we had bad weather the previous times. All was checked out on weather channel and Google Earth and looked fine, but when we arrived everything was wrong again. There was a major wind pumping and the 20% chance of rain already hit us on the way there, but if you drive 100 miles it is not just turn around and forget about it, you make the best of it. We did catch a few small fish, but it was really difficult to cast in the wind, then we moved and tried some snorkeling however visibility was not so good. I took some footage on my Samsung as you will see.

 

 

Midweek break to Wekiwa Springs

Today we decided to go to Wekiwa springs just a couple of miles away from us. This is one of a few clear cold water springs that are found in the Florida area. It was decided to go here as the rush is too big during the weekends as thousands of people flock here. What we were not aware of is that this is a Spring that is constantly at 22 Deg C, unlike our Warmbaths etc. One thing is for sure though and that the water is cold and crystal clear. We took along our snorkeling gear and did some underwater exploration. Sven was the first one to point out a nice Bass and the we even saw some Sunfish and a lot of guppies. It is also an amazing site diving down to where the water bubbles out of the earth and it is quite difficult to swim against that current. Now I know where Glen Lau made his beautiful movies ("Largemouth" and "Largemouth forever"). Definitely in one of Florida's Spring waters. But watch this space !

After spending some time swimming we explored the area and went to fish Sand Lake, also at Wekiwa, although big fish were not there, I at least caught two small Bass. Then the usual afternoon showers cooled us off again and it was time to return home.