Deltona (a little different) (Eustis, Tavares: for sale, health, house)

[Rich_CD]

OK, I see Deltona has high taxes.

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what areas are good to live in and have good bass fishing?

I don't care if the area has nothing to do, sounds nice an quiet to me!

[Crane's Rooster]

Lake County would be the best. Mt. Dora, Eustis, Tavares seem like good fishing areas. Have never fished there, but drove by many times and seen a good number of boats out on the lakes so I'm just assuming. Also, the lakes there are considerably larger than the rest of the metro, again I'm assuming that makes for good fishing.

[strange_famous]

any of the lakes in deltona have good bass fishing, large mouth mostly. hell you can even pull good eatin fish outta the drainage ponds

[deltonite]

Deltona has low taxes compared with the rest of Florida. It has great bass fishing too. We live on Lake Theresa and it has great fishing, skiing, etc. Deltona is also close to the beaches. We're kayakers so we equally enjoy kayaking the lake or going to the coast. We just got transferred out of state and hated to go. But now our pretty house is up for sale and we're sad about that. Anyway, if you like fishing and nice small-town community you'll love Deltona

[MMluvsWDW]

This is going to sound dumb but how do you ski with the threat of gators? This is something my husband and I have discussed at the thought of living on a lake in fl.

[iuki001]

Originally Posted by MMluvsWDW

This is going to sound dumb but how do you ski with the threat of gators? This is something my husband and I have discussed at the thought of living on a lake in fl.

I am so glad you asked that question. Both my husband and I also wondered the same thing -- not to mention kayakers.

iuki

[cmj_fla]

Gators stay near the shore most of the time. So if you are skiing in the middle of the lake you will be safe...ish. Attacks on humans are pretty rare but it still happens every once and awhile. Here's a helpful website I found: Living with Alligators


As for the OP, it sounds like Deltona would fit you well. You may also like Deland. It has a great area to fish off the St. Johns River called Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge. You will find great bass fishing anywhere off the St. Johns.

[deltonite]

We have been kayaking for 15 years all over Florida - right alongside alligators. We kayaked Fisheating Creek in SW Florida several years in a row on overnight camping trips and routinely saw upwards of 30 gators each time. We see them just about everywhere we have gone. Yes, it can be a bit intimidating when you see a 14 foot gator and you are in a kayak that's 2 feet shorter! But it has never kept us off the rivers - or for that matter, from swimming in them. Springs are our favorites and yes, we swim in water where we have seen gators. You do have to be smart and like any force of mother nature, respect it. It also is wise to know the habits of the animal. First, alligators generally have a natural fear of man - they bolt away when they see us coming and it is a thrill for us to be able to spot one and then get close enough to get a photo. They lose their fear only when people feed them or try to have close interaction - then they become incredibly dangerous and usually end up being destroyed.

Other information to know is that they feed, for the most part, at dusk and dawn. It is imperative to stay out of the water during these times. Their eyesight is poor so they will attack, even something as large as a human, on instinct. Another bit of info is that they rarely feed when the temperature is below 70 degrees. They are cold blooded animals and are in a semi hibernation stage.

As for water skiing, an alligator is going to stay as far away from a speeding power boat as they can get. It is true that they can sit on the bottom of a lake or river for long periods of time and, presumably, attack an unknowing human treading water above, but avoiding the active feeding times as mentioned above greatly reduces even the slight risk of this happening.

As if all that isn't enough, the number of gator attacks on humans is miniscule (small consolation for the few who do get attacked, I agree), but typically they will attack smaller prey which is why children are generally at greater risk (as our dogs, etc.).

In short, a healthy respect and some due caution is all that is required.

ps In 12 years of living on Lake Theresa we have seen only 1 gator and it was immediately trapped and removed since kids do swim in the lake. And since we kayak around the entire shoreline routinely we would have seen nesting activity and/or gators if more were present.

Hope this helps.

Deltonite

pss I am a certified Master Naturalist with a keen interest in Florida flora and fauna