Alligators, specifically the American alligator, are the animal most people think of when the Myakka River is mentioned. But fish, turtles (primarily the peninsula cooter), river otters and even ...
As a youngster growing up on the banks of the Myakka River, Thanksgiving was the beginning of the greatest fishing opportunities of the year on the upper stretches of the river. With cooler, often ...
Myakka River State Park was founded in 1991 after extensive development by the Cillian Conservation Corps during the Great ...