ekoesling
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I will post my experience with Lake Geneva just in case it helps someoen out on their decision.
So the first few times my buddy and I dove Geneva we did so from shore. Yep, thats against the rules, but eh, we wanted to dive and were short on time. Whatever.
So what did we see? Well it was early in the season so the water temp was in the low 50s and we didnt see much. It is interesing to see how the bottom transitions however and we found some interesting weed lines where a large amount of bass accumulate. It never ceases to amaze me just how curious bass are. After about 30 mins into the dive we had probably a following of 10 or so good sized bass.
Black Point I see was mentioned and I have dove that several times. Found my current anchor there, a nice aluminium one with a chain and all! Large quantities of croppy and bluegill here and it dropps off so fast, it is actually really hard to anchor here. You need a good bit of line. We ended up diving down to manually seat the anchor (how useful is that lol).
One of my best finds on one of our many dives in Geneva was a Muddpuppy. I have never in my life seen on of these in person and I had no idea they got so big. I dont know how average of a size they get but mine was aboutt he size of a ferret! I would say better than 16 inches long, and boy was it cool. I sat what I thought was an eel in a pile of rocks and when I went to investigate low and behold it was the tail of this very interesitng creature. By far my favorite find diving to date =)
Water clarity varies, but lets be honest folks, we are not in the caribbean here. I would say its decent on bad days and good on good days. I have dove on some busy days, but we stick to the anchor line decent/accent and have had no issues. Good for getting some deep dives in and seeing some interesting things from time to time. We started diving all over the lake just to see if we can find something new. They used to harvest ice from Geneva back in the day and lots of equipment was lost to the icy depths. I havent gone below 60' yet but I have a new hood so that may change this weekend.
Hope this writeup helps =)
Elliott
So the first few times my buddy and I dove Geneva we did so from shore. Yep, thats against the rules, but eh, we wanted to dive and were short on time. Whatever.
So what did we see? Well it was early in the season so the water temp was in the low 50s and we didnt see much. It is interesing to see how the bottom transitions however and we found some interesting weed lines where a large amount of bass accumulate. It never ceases to amaze me just how curious bass are. After about 30 mins into the dive we had probably a following of 10 or so good sized bass.
Black Point I see was mentioned and I have dove that several times. Found my current anchor there, a nice aluminium one with a chain and all! Large quantities of croppy and bluegill here and it dropps off so fast, it is actually really hard to anchor here. You need a good bit of line. We ended up diving down to manually seat the anchor (how useful is that lol).
One of my best finds on one of our many dives in Geneva was a Muddpuppy. I have never in my life seen on of these in person and I had no idea they got so big. I dont know how average of a size they get but mine was aboutt he size of a ferret! I would say better than 16 inches long, and boy was it cool. I sat what I thought was an eel in a pile of rocks and when I went to investigate low and behold it was the tail of this very interesitng creature. By far my favorite find diving to date =)
Water clarity varies, but lets be honest folks, we are not in the caribbean here. I would say its decent on bad days and good on good days. I have dove on some busy days, but we stick to the anchor line decent/accent and have had no issues. Good for getting some deep dives in and seeing some interesting things from time to time. We started diving all over the lake just to see if we can find something new. They used to harvest ice from Geneva back in the day and lots of equipment was lost to the icy depths. I havent gone below 60' yet but I have a new hood so that may change this weekend.
Hope this writeup helps =)
Elliott
