I had to make it big so you could see it better. It wasn't a close up shot, I was quite a ways from the alligator and manatees.
They were really small, we let the two snapper go.
Hmm, they are big, bigger than a dog, but smaller than a cow. Probably a good 6 ft long and weighing over 600 lbs I would guess. There were 15 or so of them where we were fishing. When we were leaving there were two big thrashes in the water, didn't see what it was, but it didn't seem like it came from the manatees, they are slow moving. This thrash sent ripples way across the water from one bank to the other. There are some pretty big alligators in there I suppose, but the one I saw was probably about 6ft.
There are more, but I picked the best two, the others you can't really see anything. It is on the east coast of fl. The canal I was fishing in flows into the Indian River.
Yeah as a matter of fact there are, or so I've heard. The big fish I hooked that snapped the line, we think was a snook. Judging by the wake it made near the surface, I'd assume it was a good 2.5 to 3 ft long. Some guys near us were catching jacks one right after another. I've heard of tarpon being caught a mile or 2 closer to the river from where we were. So I'd assume they probably make there way up to where I was fishing. Basically the area I was fishing at is a dike. The city I live in floods very easily. Many years ago they built a dike around the city and that is part of it. If you look at the pic you can tell. So anyhow this waterway channels the water from the city/lakes/etc out to the indian river and into the ocean.
If you're brave enough to go in the water with the alligators I'm sure the manatees would let you pet them.
