Questions tagged [lakes]
This tag is for questions about lakes and ponds. Use it for activities in the water, like boating, swimming, scuba diving and others. Also for viewing and/or learning about birds, animals, ecosystems and artifacts on or under the water.
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Rainbow trout fishing on a small, deep lake in eastern Ontario
I want to fish for rainbow trout in a lake called Mair Lake on Crown land in eastern Ontario:
Map source: Fish ON-Line
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Lake width: 1 km wide (0.6 miles)
Max depth: 53 metres (175 ft).
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Boating — Avoid hitting water hazards in unfamiliar, uncharted lakes
I have a 12-foot aluminum boat with a 2.5 hp motor that I want to use on various lakes in Northeastern Ontario.
The lakes are small, remote lakes that aren't on navigational charts. There are a few ...
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Lake Ontario boating restrictions near Darlington nuclear plant?
Are there any boating restrictions near nuclear power plants on the shore of Lake Ontario (Canada side)? For example, is there a law that says you should stay back a certain distance from Darlington ...
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How do you combat algae in a pond?
I've recently purchased a property with a pond. There is large amount of algae, producing a scum like film on the surface. I've found chemicals that are safe for the fish (blue gill, bass, and ...
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How efficient is travel by canoe?
How efficient is travel in a canoe, in terms of effort/time required to cover distance?
Or kayak, pirogue, any kind of small boat that is moved by paddling instead of sail or motor - is there a ...
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When would docks on Chatfield Reservoir be least busy with boaters putting in and taking out?
I have a magnet and line setup to go magnet fishing and I would like to make some sweeps around one the docks Chatfield Reservoir on where it's likely that people have dropped gear/cellphones into the ...
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Is it legal to launch a kayak from a public beach in Chicago?
I live in Chicago and would like to get a foldable kayak. As far as I can tell the only thing I need to do to be able to use it in Lake Michigan is get a watercraft registration.
Once I have that ...
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What aquatic animal laid these eggs?
On April 12, 2019, my sister-in-law was hiking on a mountain close to our home in Central Massachusetts, USA.
There was a pond at the end of an established trail. Near the water's edge were jelly-...
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What conditions would lead to lake ice being extremely clear?
There is a video where a couple of people are walking on extremely clear lake ice.
Usually, lake ice is far less clear, what conditions on this lake would lead to the unusual clarity?
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Can I sleep in my canoe with it adrift on a commonly used lake?
I want to go out in a canoe onto a large lake and stay out for the entire weekend. I have checked the whether and determined that it will definitely be excellent weather and very calm all weekend long....
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If you are kayaking on a lake when whitecaps start happening, what is the best direction to get off the lake?
I am stealing Charlie Brumbaugh's question about canoeing on an open lake, because for kayaking you would get different anwers, and it's important to distinguish those.
If you are kayaking on a lake ...
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If you are canoeing on a lake when whitecaps start happening, what is the best direction to get off the lake?
If you are canoeing on a lake and the wind suddenly starts blowing to the point where there are whitecaps, what is the best direction to head to get off the lake?
Would it be the shortest way back to ...
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What makes some of the lakes in the Himalayas saline?
I recently had a tour to Ladakh, a union territory in India (formerly a part of India's Jammu and Kashmir state).
The plan included a visit to (and camping at) lakes Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri and Tso ...
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Lake Erie / Presque Isle Water Level
I was up at Presque Isle (Erie PA) today and the water level was a foot or more higher than I when I was up there in the summer last year. I kind of surprised as I did not think it would be subject to ...
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What is this raised, icy-looking structure, found at the edge of a partially frozen lake?
Last month, in February, my husband was walking on a trail in the woods in Massachusetts, alongside a fresh-water lake. The temperatures had been fluctuating a lot over the winter, so some areas were ...
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Dead Canada goose stuck frozen to top of lake
I saw a Canada goose stuck frozen on Ramapo Lake in the Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, New Jersey. I was told that it had been dead for a while.
Can a goose freeze to the ice and get ...
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How to get a beached pontoon boat back into the water?
My neighbor has asked me to pull their pontoon boat out of the lake to store for winter. However, this particular boat has been beached, so much so that I cannot push it back in to the water which I ...
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Is ice-skating on lakes or ponds a sport in Iran (or Central Asia)?
This exchange of comments on English Language and Usage got me to wondering if outdoor ice-skating is or was ever a sport in Iran (or central Asia). Certainly it gets cold enough in parts of Iran.
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Is this a dragonfly or a damselfly?
In August of 2015, my husband and I were out for a walk at the Wachusett Reservoir, in Central Massachusetts. It was the same walk, including day and time, as in this question.
We stopped at the ...
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Dangers of swimming with algae (potentially Eurasian Watermilfoil)
I took my first lake swim recently and found my lake has a fair amount algae, which bothered me more than I expected it too. After some limited research, I found someone saying that it's Eurasian ...
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What is this dense foam on a lake?
Recently we visited the alps in Bavaria. We hiked near a lake which had a lot of foam swimming on it. It was not spray from the water but rather a really dense dirty foam. Comparable to shaving foam I ...
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What is this floating raft-like object in the waters of a reservoir in Massachusetts?
My husband frequently walks at the Wachusett Reservoir, which spans a few towns in central Massachusetts.
This past Sunday he was on his usual path, and saw something floating in the water which he ...
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Are there fish in lakes with a lots of glacial flour?
Often times in high alpine lakes you will see lakes like this,
where the color comes from the rock/glacial flour suspended in the water.
The lakes and sometimes even streams are very pretty, but if ...
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Newbie going fishing in a lake. Which of these lures would be best?
I'm new to fishing and I'm going to try to visit a lake in an hour or so.
There are rumored to be pike, brasen, crucian carps and more types of carp too, eels and tench.
I heard there are plenty of ...
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Can you use a pull buoy in tidal water easily?
Ok so I'm getting a pull buoy to help with my pull exercises when swimming (and a kickboard for the same with kick exercises) and I want to know if I were to go to a lake or the sea and swim, is it ...
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How to determine the thickness of ice?
Thinking about going ice fishing this winter but I am worried about falling through thin ice. I know that ice should be at least 4 inches (10 cm) if clear and 8 inches (20 cm) if cloudy, but how can ...
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How did cartographers map out shores before modern times?
I was down at high rock lake N.C. and I was making a little map of the shore lines in my kayak, or at least going to. I ran into a problem, I could not judge the distance from the last mark I made to ...
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Ice skating on a frozen lake -- how thick should the ice be?
When ice skating on a frozen lake or river, how thick should the ice be in order to have fairly high confidence you aren't going to fall through?
A small drill (for ice fishing) is available to ...
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How can we catch the smallmouth/striped bass in our lake?
We have a new 9 acre lake that we stocked just last spring with minnows, georgia giants, perch, small mouth, hybrid striped bass, and koi. We're adding catfish and some other fish this year, but we ...
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Is it safe to swim naked in lakes in Northern Europe?
Is it safe to swim naked in lakes (rather smaller ones) in Northern Europe (north from Alps), when it comes to possible interactions with the fauna?
I wouldn't expect to meet fishes such as infamous ...
