Folly Family FL Trip - Fishing a Tropical Oasis in Orlando Suburbs

[Johnsfolly]

We started the trip going to a small park in the Orlando surburbs where the small clear creek has been bordered by planted tropicals. This is a known creek that contains three non-native tropical species; the convict cichlid, green swordtail, and variable platyfish. Also there is the ubiquitous eastern mosquitofish throughout the creek.

If you look you can see a couple of intrepid microanglers through the tropical forest identifying their catch😉.

You might also see a relative of Godzilla amongst the leaves.

This was basic fishing only. No flies, plastics, cranks, etc. Just either small jigs, #16 or tanago hooks with a little bit of worm being dappled thru the brushy banks. We were all successful at catching a couple of the tropical species.

Livie caught some very vibrant tropicals.

Her nicest convict cichlid

Her first green swordtail

And one of the nicest platyfish that we saw while fishing there.

Sue caught a couple of convicts with this one being the most colorful.

I really liked her platyfish which shows the reason they are named VARIABLE platyfish😉😁.

In the time alloted, I caught a few of the convicts and one swordtail but no platyfish.

Even without fishing this was a very idyllic location. We were successful and headed to the next spot.

[Foghorn]

I guess they're called convicts because of the stripes?

[Quillback]

Swordtails are great aquarium fish.  

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, Foghorn said:

I guess they're called convicts because of the stripes?

I would agree.