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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers
"...however, this year it just doesn’t seen to want to settle out. Maybe it because the water is so high, so cold, so much rain, or maybe lack of sunny days or maybe I'm just getting older....Just how bad is it you ask?
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The water has stayed very high this June due to the rains -- one reason. My usual mooring block is
murk-history -- an older, smaller one has been pressed into service.
I've used the term "
murky" half-a-dozen times this year. Here's two from May:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ighlight=murky
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...=3751#post3751 (This last one asked for a
Winnipesaukee Diver report -- thanks).
The photos (and video) from Rattlesnake's windiest days shows a lot of "
murk" in the wavetops. (The waves should be clear -- not silted -- something's not right on Rattlesnake's northern, windward lakefronts). With the prevailing Northwesterlies, the southeastern half of the lake would be most affected by deep silt.
This past Sunday, we had several "Gilford Goliaths" speed by during this high water -- as much as they
can speed. (You know them as
Carver or
Rinker liveaboards). Their window-rattling wakes reduced what visibility we had (15-feet) to less than 4-feet. The sunfish nest (4-feet) disappeared in the murk. The guardian-sunfish, too, come to think of it. Usually, Big Wakes muddy the shoreline, but this is the worst I've ever seen. Somebody needs a talking-to.
My neighbor added two cubic yards of loam last month to his shoreline lawn to make up for what
he's lost to Big Wakes. That loam will be next year's murk.
It's
Nobody's fault, again.