Vortex Spring
The spring basin is 50 feet deep at the mouth of the cavern. Surface lit during the day and inhabited by Koi, Gar, Catfish, American Eels, Blue Gill, and Bass to name a few. The cavern continues another one hundred yards, to a depth of 115 feet.
What you'll see (14)
BluegillLepomis macrochirusseen 34× near here
Redear SunfishLepomis microlophusseen 26× near here
Intermediate Musk TurtleSternotherus intermediusseen 14× near here
Chain PickerelEsox nigerseen 6× near here
Coastal DarterEtheostoma colorosumseen 4× near here
Pond SliderTrachemys scriptaseen 3× near here
River CooterPseudemys concinnaseen 3× near here
Redbreast SunfishLepomis auritusseen 3× near here
American EelAnguilla rostrataseen 2× near here
Largemouth Bass ComplexMicropterus salmoidesseen 2× near here
Common Box TurtleTerrapene carolinaseen 1× near here
Barbour's Map TurtleGraptemys barbouriseen 1× near here
Gulf Coast Pygmy SunfishElassoma gilbertiseen 1× near here
WarmouthLepomis gulosusseen 1× near hereSightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.