Garsch! On Lake Woodruff with Dad, 12-28-2008. We saw at least fifty gators, twelve of them all at once, swimming along like an armada. We only saw one manatee, but there were many gull winged terns diving into the water for baitfish. The water hyacinth has been cleared out, so it is very easy to motor anywhere in the lake. New 1500-foot-from-shore bouys were recently put in to keep boaters slow near the shore.