Lake of the woods dive

[DaleC]

Dove Lake of the woods just north of Hope on Hwy 1 today.

The first pull off (rest area) is very nice with picnic tables, toilets and a short walk/entry at the southern end of the parking lot.
Clear water on the surface gave me high hopes but the vis diminished to maybe 5'-10' at depth (44' max/46*F.). Once past the littoral zone there was the usual sterile bottom of jellolike settled silt. No sign of trout but many sculpins and large crayfish. I found a pair of old boots on the bottom and wondered where the owner might be. I have also decided that I really need a camera as the best I can do here is this (bathymetric image from sharphooks.com). Live vicariously by following the dots to replicate my dive:

 

[MarkH]

Thanks for the report. So what's the "underground flow" at the bottom of the lake?

 

[DaleC]

Heck if I know?
I think an angler snagged the plug and pulled it out by mistake.

 

[Skookumchuck]

There's a rock slide at that end of the lake that stops most of it but lets some flow out to pop up as a creek a little further down the hill. Sharphooks.com spelt Cache Creek wrong.