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Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck
Was out at the cabin for the long weekend. Saturday was too rough but we tried to fish anyway! We gave up and headed in.
Sunday after the pancake breakfast at the Community Center we finally set out. The algae was so thick on the east side that the tackle and the line and the rods were quickly "gooped"
Water level is incredibly high but we have had a very hot summer. Wind has been steady Northwest to Southeast, so it is pushing all the algae to the east side. Normally the Calling river flushes out the algae from the lake, but that has not happened or has not happened enough.
A Friend did report success with bottom bouncers and dew worms trolled in the deep off of VW point, but it has been a pretty tough weekend for fishing.
Drewski
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I suspect rather than any flushing process, likely it’s the typical ebb and flow of algae and plankton. As the algae uses up available resources it will die off and settle to the bottom.
If there is a lot of nutrients flowing in you won’t get a die off. Maybe some cabins do not have a great septic field? Run off from agricultural lands or simply this year all the ash falling into the lake from forest fires could charge the nutrients up.
Heavy rains often causes algae blooms as it rains some nutrients as well as flushed nutrients out of the surface soil surrounding the lake.
Next year will be telling.
Hopefully lakes aren’t low and nutrient rich going into winter as it could impact winterkill.