A Visit to Cedar Key- A Photo Essay
Thank you for reading this week’s post on our visit to Cedar Key. I did not wet a line this week. Monday was too windy, Tuesday I had things to do, and Wednesday Susan and I started our little trip. Of course, you could fish at Cedar Key of you had a mind to…
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Cedar Key
Susan and I rolled out of Chuluota about 0915 Wednesday morning. Our first stop was the Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park. I wanted to show her the fishbowl. I had no idea how many snook, and big ones, were over there. That tiny, larcenous part of my brain saw possibilities for paddling in with a fishing rod under the cover of darkness…
Big snook, in the fish bowl.
Leave the fish alone, John! (insert face slap here)
Looking down on a school of snapper.
Getting silly!
It was awesome, well worth the visit. And, they have a full-sized hippopotamus there, likely the only real one I’ll ever see, along with many native Florida animals. A visit to this park is highly recommended.
Lu the hippo.
She can be messy.
As close to a night heron as I’m likely to get.
We then stopped in Crystal River at the State Preserve and the State Archeological Park. The state preserve has a kayak launch (bring a dolly) on a canal that leads to the river, and many hiking trails. No compelling reason to visit here unless you’re a walker, though.
On a shell mound, archeological state park.
The archeological park has a path that snakes around several Indian mounds. The mounds variously hold discarded shells and pottery, or human remains, or who knows what? The small museum they have there was closed (COVID, still). People were living in Florida, without polluting it, for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. This walk gives a little insight on how they existed.
Final stop was Cedar Cove Hotel on Cedar Key, room 209. Nice place, clean, with a good view of the Gulf. Walked about town, dinner at Steamer’s (good stuff here).
There’s some nice art around the island.
Thursday, got our coffee at the Daily Grind, then walked about town, checking out the shops and art galleries, had a bowl of world champion chowder at Tony’s. Did some reading and took a nap. Very relaxing day! Dinner at Steamer’s again, again good.
The manatees, sitting on the bottom.
Friday morning we checked out, stopped at the Daily Grind again, then headed to Crystal River to visit the national wildlife refuge’s Three Sisters Springs boardwalk. The springs are beautiful, but the manatees were cowering on the bottom. The photo might explain why.
The spring had throngs of people in and on it!
Then we drove home!
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Winter Fishing in the Lagoons- A Tiny Memoir
It ain’t the same as it used to be, but we’re not done yet!
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That is this week’s post on our visit to Cedar Key, and my short memoir on winter fishing in the lagoon. Thank you again for reading! Life is great and I love all my readers!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!
John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide
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