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Old 10-13-2012, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ssmith View Post
Us Northerners love to think of lake activities and dream about a lake in Florida with all the warm weather BUT REMEMBER YOU CAN NOT SWIM IN LAKES IN FLORIDA!!! any bit of water could be the stomping grounds of a gators!!!! Just felt I needed to say it.
Now, actually, we've spent many, many hours on Lake Weir and never have we seen any gators. It was famous once for a 17 foot gator nicknamed Joe. In fact it was Joe's fame that led the FBI to finding Ma Barker in Ocklwaha.

Anyway, Lake Weir does have a swimming area by the park and another on a beach at the entrance to Sunset Harbor, accessible only by boat.

Lake Griffin is also lacking in gators. Believe it or not the gator population died off due to lack of vitamin B. Someone introduced fish that the gators loved and don't have any vitamin B. They were called 'zombie gators'!