Thursday's Photo 12/4 - Freshwater scenes

[Dee]

It's about time we saw some more freshwater stuff. Not all of it is low vis, green water. So show us some of those great freshwater dive sites.

Balmorhea State Park, Balmorhea, Texas. San Salvador Springs is actually an old Mescalero Indian watering hole that has been in use for centruries. In the 1040's, the CCC enlarged the head spring and made a tourist attraction out of it.

 

[Dryglove]

Cool, I wish i could find a watering hole around here with that kind of vis and fish life. Great picture!!

 

[Dee]

:rofL: Yeah, me too. We have to drive 10 hours to get to this one! I can be in Panama City, florida in about the same amount of time. But it's worth the drive. The Davis Mountains and the desert have a beauty of their own.

 

[jviehe]

A turtle!

This is from Troys Springs, in Branford, FL.

 

[crab]

The shawdows are the rental row boats docked at the lodge.

By the way, it looks like there is an old stream bed going right down the middle of your shot, Dee. Is that what I am seeing?

 

[cardzard]

Caught this guy couple months ago.

 

[cardzard]

guess first pict was to big.

 

[Dee]

Crab...what a great shot! I love the sunrays and shadows. What camera did you use and do you remember the exposures?

One thing I like about my shot is it could almost be a topside shot if you imagine all those Tetras as birds! The rock bed is where the spring bubbles up. It's very gentle but over all there is over a million gals a day through there and you never feel it until you get close to the outflow.

 

[okiediver1]

Here's mine...

Gosh, I wish our lakes were as clear as Dee's!

 

[onbelaydave]

Midwest kelp and a kelp bass

Midwest Piranha (maybe even more viscous !)