Spawning circles
If you want to observe something that is really outstanding, go over to Lake Sumter Landing and walk on the boardwalk. Look in the water and you will see cone shaped circles on the bottom of the lake. These are the spawning nests for the tilapia. You will also see one large tilapia in the middle of each nest. They build the cones by swishing the sand out and also by taking mouthfuls of sand and spitting it out on the edge of the cone.
You can also see hundreds of these cones, too, in Lake Sumter as you are in your golf cart just before you get to the Morse Bridge area.
Very facinating to watch. Sorry, no fishing allowed in Lake Sumter!
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