02-10-2010, 02:18 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Before hitting Pineview yesterday I took a drive in to the South Marina on Willard. Of course the gate is still locked, and will be until sometime in April. But, I wanted to see if the inlet channel is opening up enough to dunk a float tube. I hit it about the third week of February last year and caught a bunch of chilly kitties.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The channel is still locked tight in over a foot of ice. There is some water coming in over the baffles but it only flows a few feet and then disappears under the thick ice (see pics). In the last picture you can see what looks like tan colored plastic bags wadded up next to the concrete. That is foam that has frozen solid. Pieces of it had blown out across the ice. Looked like someone had added to the other litter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Surprising how high the lake is already. Not much of the top of the last row of baffles is still exposed. Gonna be another high water year for Willard. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Now bring on the open water. I am more than ready.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The channel is still locked tight in over a foot of ice. There is some water coming in over the baffles but it only flows a few feet and then disappears under the thick ice (see pics). In the last picture you can see what looks like tan colored plastic bags wadded up next to the concrete. That is foam that has frozen solid. Pieces of it had blown out across the ice. Looked like someone had added to the other litter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Surprising how high the lake is already. Not much of the top of the last row of baffles is still exposed. Gonna be another high water year for Willard. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Now bring on the open water. I am more than ready.[/#0000ff]
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