Pass Lake clean.

Well, the lake still has a fairly strong green tint but it does not have the top layer of scum or the stink of a dirty fish tank. Here are a bunch of pics

View from one of the Hwy 20 pullouts.

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Close up of water at this pull out
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There you go….form your own opinion…..

Do I get the vaccine? Should I wear my seat belt?? What about my bike helmet?? 🤔🤔

Personally, I’m glad it’s forecast to be windy the next few days…but by Tuesday I’m thinking it might be time 👍
 
Absolutely…I wanted people to be able to make up their own minds.

I’ve been thinking about it a bunch. The water was clear…meaning visibility was good…it just had a strong green tint.

And yes some wave protected places…like under trees… had more concentrated green but open water didn’t look so bad.

My sister is a recently retired micro botanist who headed some department that dealt with water quality matters on Lake Champlain, VT.

She commonly dealt with angry or frustrated user groups when it came to algae blooms.

After talking with her about Pass over the years, my layman take away was one would probably be fine as long as they used their head and took common precautions.

That said, I’ve found I often talk a big game but when actually on the water, I start second guessing myself and it takes the fun out of it.

Like….did I remember to clean my hand before having a snack? ….or did I just rub my eye after having my hand in the water.

So if river conditions aren’t good next week and I head down….Cranberry will be my Plan B. A bunch of 1+ pound rainbows were dumped in earlier this month 👍
 
My experience with Pass goes back 36 years but very little in the last 10 or so. The wind always seemed to push the muck towards the boat launch and once clear of it the fishing was okay. My normal times to fish were Sept until the weather got too cold and then starting up again in Feb. for a month or so.

What year did these "inspections" begin.
 
_WW_ said:
My experience with Pass goes back 36 years but very little in the last 10 or so. The wind always seemed to push the muck towards the boat launch and once clear of it the fishing was okay. My normal times to fish were Sept until the weather got too cold and then starting up again in Feb. for a month or so.

What year did these "inspections" begin.
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Lake needs an aerator.
 
The pictures that @M_D posted look very much how the water looked last year when it was open.
As @_WW_ mentioned, the wind tends to blow the scum into the launch area. Last year it was like a swamp at the launch, really nasty. The water was fine once you were out on the lake.
SF
 
Saturday looks good...

But...

Tuesday is always best.

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Bambooflyguy said:
My thoughts are since it’s a state park, they don’t want to chance any lawsuits? Post a waiver sign up sheet …… Maybe those fish figured out how to shit green!
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Yep…they’re just trying to be good stewards, however, it’s surprising to me that they want to take this on….meaning the Park Ranger likely doesn’t have the technical expertise like Ecology…so why take on the additional liability.

I shut down my local airport once for a bomb threat…thinking I was erring on the side of caution….what a shit storm that turned into 🤪

they oughta get into the finger pointing game.

Just open it up and blame the Toxic Algae Department for stopping testing too early should anyone get sick👍
 
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M_D said:
Yep…they’re just trying to be good stewards, however, it’s surprising to me that they want to take this on….meaning the Park Ranger likely doesn’t have the technical expertise like Ecology…so why take on the additional liability.

I shut down my local airport once for a bomb threat…thinking I was erring on the side of caution….what a shit storm that turned into 🤪

they oughta get into the finger pointing game.

Just open it up and blame the Toxic Algae Department for stopping testing too early should anyone get sick👍
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FISH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
 
Who’s going to take one for the team? If you post a report, we’ll know it’s ok to fish Pass. If we never hear from you again, well…..
SF
 
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