Easter kayaking

Lake Moultrie is a shallow lake about an hour from our house.  The Pinopolis Dam is on the east side of the lake and when they built it, the lake flooded thousands of acres.  You can still see stumps in the water today.  We headed up there this morning for a kayaking trip and were surprised to see that it was cool and cloudy at the lake...it was sunny and warm back at the house.  Even though it was foggy we saw several egrets, herons, cormorants, and coots, and a big fish that kept jumping out of the water ahead of our boats!

As we headed out this morning we discussed how it might be fun to come back with our wetsuits and snorkels since the lake is really shallow and you might be able to see some cool fish (someone caught a 58 lb catfish here once).  About an hour later we saw three huge alligators within 15 minutes of each other and changed our mind about the snorkeling.  I was freaked out enough seeing them from our kayaks!  Apparently they can get to 12 or 13 feet long here in the lake.  I'm not interested in seeing them any closer, thank you very much.

 Here's one of the hundreds of old stumps in the lake.  I think all the underwater habitat makes it a great place for young fish.  It would also make it very tricky for bigger boats.