[Mrs.Guy]

Canoe & Kayak Club 3TUX6,7,8@2PMCC
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Patricia DeLand patideland@yahoo.com (352) 219-1491
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From the Villages Rec. Dept list of clubs.

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by turneronce

Lake Griffin is a short ride south of TV, Lake Griffin Park has great boat access, including for kayaks. $5 per car.

And huge hungry gators (many many)

[DaleDivine]

[QUOTE=Pondboy;2145016]Please name your source for this information. I agree with your statement on the fishing from public access areas, but disagree (it’s not allowed)with bringing your Kayaks to launch from there as well.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by phousel

are there any ponds, in the villages that you can kayak on (for fishing)?

they are everywhere. Take a vacation. Kayak in safer waters

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

they are everywhere. Take a vacation. Kayak in safer waters

Wow that one standing at your door is priceless not to mention scary

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

they are everywhere. Take a vacation. Kayak in safer waters

Door to door sales are getting more aggressive.

[MartinSE]

Lake Okahumpka is on 44 and is a beautiful park with walking trails, picnic pavilions, and a boat ramp. Free admission.

[MartinSE]

I grew up with gators, often wading fishing with them. I do not want to play down the danger they pose, but for the most part, they are not aggressive (unless they get used to being fed by humans - DO NOT DO THAT - bad mojo)

They normally would get away from us as fast as they could as soon as they saw us. They are big lazy predators that prefer their meals easy - like small dogs, cats, birds, fish, and turtles. Humans, not so much. I don't recall the exact number, but it is something like 20 people killed by an alligator in Florida in the last 75 years - or something like that.

Don't get me wrong, they can run faster than you can, and they can leap into the air further than you can climb quickly. They can easily kill you. They just don't want to go to all that much trouble.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

I grew up with gators, often wading fishing with them. I do not want to play down the danger they pose, but for the most part, they are not aggressive (unless they get used to being fed by humans - DO NOT DO THAT - bad mojo)

They normally would get away from us as fast as they could as soon as they saw us. They are big lazy predators that prefer their meals easy - like small dogs, cats, birds, fish, and turtles. Humans, not so much. I don't recall the exact number, but it is something like 20 people killed by an alligator in Florida in the last 75 years - or something like that.

Don't get me wrong, they can run faster than you can, and they can leap into the air further than you can climb quickly. They can easily kill you. They just don't want to go to all that much trouble.

I seem to recall reading, Humans have only survived because we do not taste good.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by DAVES

I seem to recall reading, Humans have only survived because we do not taste good.

Speak for yourself.

[JohnN]

Originally Posted by go4fpsb

People getting killed by alligators is extremely rare," said Adam Rosenblatt, an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Florida who studies how alligators respond to changing environments.

Between 1999 and 2019, alligators killed 10 people in the southeastern U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In that same time period and in the same area, nearly five times as many people were killed by dogs, and nearly 12 times as many people were killed by lightning, he said.

"A lot of human-alligator conflict occurs when alligators get provoked, both intentionally and unintentionally, or when alligators go after people's pets," Rosenblatt told Live Science. When hungry, alligators might go after people, but those types of situations are "rarer," he said.

According to a report by the florida fish and wildlife commission, Florida has an average of eight unprovoked alligator bites per year. (FDACS) is the state agency responsible for licensing and regulating alligators.