Sand Hollow. (Fresh Water)

Catfish protecting their young.

Have you ever gone to your local lake to go snorkel? I did not until about a week ago. And then again last night. If you want to see some cool stuff go snorkel at your local lake, provided that there is some visibility. Sand Hollow was not crystal clear but it was clear enough to swim with and see the Bass and the Cat fish. Really it was amazing. A week ago my son in law Nick Nelson and I went to Sand Hollow and snorkeled. We were Awe struck. Nick found a fishing lure on the bottom of the lake that had about 7' of fishing line attached. He started to dangle it in the water as he swam around with his Kapitol Reef snorkel gear on. The Blue Gill fish loved playing with it. None of them were big enough to bite it. Earlier we had found a ledge and dove down to see what was under the ledge and we found two big Bass. One was about 5 lbs and one was 2 1/2 lbs so with the lure and line Nick swam over to the top of the ledge and dropped his lure over and it feel to the bottom. As soon as it hit the bottom the 2lbs Bass went right for it and grabbed it. He caught a 2 plus lbs Bass while he was swimming in a lake. It was crazy to watch him try to keep his snorkel above the water and try to bring that fish close enough to him to let it off the hook. I was able to get to the fish while he pulled it in and get it off. It was one of the funniest things that I have witnessed.

Yesterday, I went to Sand Hollow with Nick again and Mike Christensen another son in law. Mike found a couple of Cat fish in a nest protecting their new babys. A whole school of baby catfish, they were so small that it looked like big mass of black. It was a little weird because one fish stayed down and over the top of the baby's while the bigger one swam above the other and watched us. It seemed as though they would attack if we were to get too close so we kept our distance. It was fascinating. See the above picture.