I met up with ibnygator(aka Bill in the above water world) at Eagles Cove Marina. Bill and family had rented a pontoon boat and we headed out to the west side of the lake. Bill will hopefully fill in the details as to where exactly, when he gets back to New York and a computer. Beautiful weather and scenery. WE stopped near a small island and entered the water descending to 20 feet and did a compass swim until we found the island again. We followed the base of the island to the right and followed the contour down to about 53 feet. Water temp at the surface was well up into the 80's at depth it was 55 to 57. Thermoclines were about every 20 feet and quite distinct. Viz was around 10 to 12 feet on this dive although closer to the surface it dropped some but there was more light. Highlight of this dive was finding a snapping turtle of fair size that was trying to hide under a rock with just his head being under the rock. Being the astute low viz divers that we are Bill and I spotted this turtle anyways. Interesting tidbit of this dive was me finding a scuba fin and then Bill found the other matching fin a few feet away. I had earlier found a bone(kind of resembled a tibia). No telling what the fate of that diver was. Tons of mussels many of them dead and we found some geodes also. Total dive 62 minutes and it was over way too soon for me.
Dive number two we stopped the boat near some "cliffs". Dropped sown to around 24 feet(Bill) and 20 feet(me) and followed this underwater cliff area for about 45 minutes. Viz here was about 6 feet with an occassional drop to 4 feet. Lots of stumps and crevices to look for creatures and we did see several different species of gamefish. Unfortunately due to time constraints we had to end this dive at 45 minutes. Another great dive though.
Really wish I could have spent more time diving with Bill while he was in Tennessee. Also wish I could have stayed for supper with them!! All the fixin's for taco's and burritos!!! Alas, had I stayed and eaten I wouldn't have made it home that night---full belly and a late night drive-----ZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ
Dive number two we stopped the boat near some "cliffs". Dropped sown to around 24 feet(Bill) and 20 feet(me) and followed this underwater cliff area for about 45 minutes. Viz here was about 6 feet with an occassional drop to 4 feet. Lots of stumps and crevices to look for creatures and we did see several different species of gamefish. Unfortunately due to time constraints we had to end this dive at 45 minutes. Another great dive though.
Really wish I could have spent more time diving with Bill while he was in Tennessee. Also wish I could have stayed for supper with them!! All the fixin's for taco's and burritos!!! Alas, had I stayed and eaten I wouldn't have made it home that night---full belly and a late night drive-----ZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ
