Post pics of your 2013 Boating Season

ric · **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:25 pm

Another day in paradise

Kolia · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:20 am

I'll raise you !

Toddely · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:55 am

Good lord it looks like the exact same lake.. Ric are you in ohio now.. :lol:

ric · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:20 am

Nope, just my normal lake. Even though it's part of the St. John's River watershed and spring fed, it gets so hot during the summer the water gets quite nasty. The "LOA" lake owners assoc. got denied carp last year for some odd reason so this year the weeds are getting insanely thick. Worst I've seen it the 6 years I've lived here. Of course approved now, but it won't help this year.

Our favorite thing to do during the summer which is a right of passage for new people is to jump out of this tree. It's about 30ft up and has a steps. Can't even get to it this summer, too many weeds.

I'm heading out for Funday Sunday here in a minute, but rains all over the radar so it's going to consist of mainly drinking beer in my buddy's lake front porch across the way. It's pretty much the party spot in this kind of weather. Get's kinda crazy

Toddely · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:03 pm

Ya Lake Erie has the same issue, its actually too clean now and being that the lake is a shallow lake 25-30' in the main lake and 5-10' in the shallows . The sunlight hits the bottom and allows the algae and grasses to grow then it gets a green film from the algae. Lake week end the spray off the boats was green. They introduced Zebra muscles years ago to clean up the lake and they cleaned it up to much.

firecadet613 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:56 pm

Sunset on Lake Michigan last night.

neutron · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:01 pm

firecadet613 wrote:

Sunset on Lake Michigan last night.

That is a great shot. Well done

blue dragon · **Joined:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:01 pm **Posts:** 792

Great day at the sand bar off giant's tomb island in Georgian Bay (launched in Penetanguishine). Water up to my thighs and a 1/8 mile walk to the shore

ric · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:49 pm

Rain let up for a while....

blue dragon · **Joined:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:01 pm **Posts:** 792

Okay Ric, why'd you leave out the girlfriend? Nice blondie on the left, future admiral?

ric · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:10 pm

She's in Greece right now

deafwish · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:42 pm

They drink more manly beer than you, Ric! :lol:

john55c · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:31 pm

Photo 1 - Sunrise in Lewis Bay, Cape Cod from Mi Sueño (My Dream).
Photo 2 - Sunset run on Cape Cod Bay our of Sesuit Harbor, Dennis

TFD2001 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:24 pm

Tie up from this past weekend...

Alcohol causes things to fall off sometimes... :mrgreen:

joet · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:31 pm

Toddely wrote:

Ya Lake Erie has the same issue, its actually too clean now and being that the lake is a shallow lake 25-30' in the main lake and 5-10' in the shallows . The sunlight hits the bottom and allows the algae and grasses to grow then it gets a green film from the algae. Lake week end the spray off the boats was green. They introduced Zebra muscles years ago to clean up the lake and they cleaned it up to much.

Zebra mussels were not introduced to clean up Lake Erie, they were introduced from ships ballast water. The algae blooms that have been occuring the last several years are caused by elevated phosphorus levels primarily caused by fertilizers and untreated sewage being dumped in the lake during heavy rains.

Here is a website that shows the current location of the bloom. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HABS/lake_erie_hab/lake_erie_hab.html

www.iFourWinns.com

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