Just wondering what kind of wildlife you all have encountered. My group swims at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) Our running list is attack swans (you have to roll over on your back and kick them in the chest to get them off of you) other assorted waterfowl, a crotch carp (one of the group members was standing in water thigh deep when a fish jumped into the air and hit him in the crotch, then bounced off and hit another group member in the chest) and this morning I swam past my new friend the lake snake. What could be next?
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The other day I swam through water weeds so thick I had to put on my hand paddles and cut a channel through.
I've swum over sharks, alongside sea turtles, past (quickly) barracudas, been bitten by bass, gotten wrapped up in jellyfish tentacles, been investigated by schools of fish some of whom literally will get in your face to check you out.
If I can see it I'm fine with it. It's the dark and murky situation that gets the imagination going.:afraid:
In Key West I didn't see a whole lot....so small fish, sea urchins, conchs and that was about it. My relay mates saw a school of Tarpons and a sea turtle.
In Beaufort, SC we couldn't see anything cause of the brackish water, but I know there are plenty of sharks down there. 18 months ago someone caught a 17' Tiger Shark out of the Broad River. Nothing like having that in the back of your head when jumping in!
Just today in Lovell Lake in NH I came to the end of my swim, stopped, stood up, took my goggles off and realized I was standing about 20' away from a pair of loons with their baby. I kind of felt like I was intruding, but, the loons never even flinched. They are magnificent animals, I always feel fortunate when I see them.
California surfer films great white sharks circling his board
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A friend of mine (www.offthedeck.net) doing kayak escort duty on a trio of Catalina Channel swimmers last week says she saw a Hammerhead shark swim by. Apparently they had several Dolphins escorts as well. I was a pace swimmer on a Catalina crossing the week before and all I saw were jellies. Although the Dolphins came out to play after the swim was done on the way back to port.
