St John's River crater

[BillBowden]

I have the feeling that if it went anywhere somebody would have been there first, but who knows. I'll jump on it when the water gets a little cooler. And hopefully the current will slow down.

[hunterdiver]

There is a person named Ken Roop. He told that he did a special dive to film gators hunting fish from the tanic water into the clear water of the cavern of Croaker Hole in St.Johns, Little Lake George which is about 50' deep.

BTW why not to use poor man ROV? Cam on a rope works great in questionable waters.

I Showed Ken Croaker hole and dove with him there, he shot some vidio while we were there and promissed me a copy do you know how to get in touch with him?

[hunterdiver]

There is a crater shaped depression in the St. Johns's river at @ channel marker 41 about 60' deep. Does anybody know anything about this? Diveable/clear under the tanic river water?

Complexities for diving the site are surface current of @ 1.5 knots and alligators. Anybody know how deep a gator can dive?

Any info appreciated.

Is it near Hontoon Landing?

[BillBowden]

Is it near Hontoon Landing?

Much closer to Pier 44

[batso]

I think it is Osceola County that is "drawing down" an excessive amount of St Johns water to supply some new cancer similar to the Villages. Because of legal battles, Water Management District was tasked with finding the exact amount of water in the river. They had a thermal imaging survey done and hired divers to check out all possibilities, including tiny seeps. Most promising one was near Blue Spr but turned out to be trapped water from the spring. Some surprisingly deep, like 60ft holes were checked, no new springs. I think one hole mentioned was
not far north of one of the bridges, possibly hwy 44.

[JE]

I think it is Osceola County that is "drawing down" an excessive amount of St Johns water to supply some new cancer similar to the Villages. Because of legal battles, Water Management District was tasked with finding the exact amount of water in the river. They had a thermal imaging survey done and hired divers to check out all possibilities, including tiny seeps. Most promising one was near Blue Spr but turned out to be trapped water from the spring. Some surprisingly deep, like 60ft holes were checked, no new springs. I think one hole mentioned was
not far north of one of the bridges, possibly hwy 44.

hey Paul-!
Nice to see you post. You ever ck out the peacock property just north of 46a ? LB was in there with a student once & has a funny mamma gator encounter to tell us about !
later.

je

[Tegg]

hey Paul-!
Nice to see you post. You ever ck out the peacock property just north of 46a ? LB was in there with a student once & has a funny mamma gator encounter to tell us about !
later.

je

He's lucky that is all he dealt with... Hunting camps are fun places to "checkout" so long as you avoid the deer stands...

[Johnsreef]

I used to work with alligators and crocs at a major aquarium. While crocs are hunters, gators tend to be light huntersand more intelligent. Gators less likely to bite. There was an incident in the cooper river a woman was bit by a large gator and dragged several yards along the bottom before released. depth was over 60 ft. I have seen them when at wakulla in over 100 ft of water! If the gator is bigger than you its a small hazard, smaller it will flee.

Bull sharks are the big issue in that river, but odds are low of a conflict. I have seen a few holes in the bottom of the river wondered about them as well. Let me know if it pans out. I dived commercially in the river many for many years and had to get out of the water only 2 times for gators. I did have a very bad experience with an alligator snapping turtle once, bit a big chunk out of my dry suit.

John Jay

[jsteedley]

Gators less likely to bite. There was an incident in the cooper river a woman was bit by a large gator and dragged several yards along the bottom before released. depth was over 60 ft.
John Jay

Do you know when that was? and any more particulars that brought about the attack. This is the first i have ever heard of such an attack on a scuba diver.

[LiteHedded]

Do you know when that was? and any more particulars that brought about the attack. This is the first i have ever heard of such an attack on a scuba diver.

bill rennaker could tell you another one