This would be our paradise, where we could spend countless hours relaxing and observing wildlife around and in the water. The Coco Plum Canal, which is what this canal is named, is a freshwater canal. The canal does not have a direct link to the Gulf of Mexico, since it is controlled by locks on each end. This keeps the boat traffic down, although there is plenty of fishing boat action. It would be ideal if I was into fishing, but such is not the case, I’d rather watch other people do it.
Sandy and I did enjoy kayaking up north, so we figured the canal would be good for kayaking. It is pretty good, but we did not experience alligators up north, and this water hole had plenty of these critters! Once we moved in, my son Tim came down for a visit, and we decided to tour the canal all over between the locks. This was in later September, so the gators were still plenty active. It turned out that we only spotted one gator the whole time we were exploring. I’m sure they were around, but they did not bother us at all.
There are lots of different critters here that were not up north. Some of them that we have spotted in our yard are:
