Lake Wazee

[dfreeman]

Had a nice dive in Lake Wazee on Saturday.  The visibility below 80 feet is real good.  Shallower it is still clearing up from turnover.  The strong wind and resulting waves is not helping this situation.  Still it was good enough for taking pictures and areas not affected by waves are getting pretty good.

The suckers are spawning and you can see them in groups on the spawning grounds.  These are fun to watch.  The bass and panfish are coming back but have not been back in strength.  There are some nice walleye going around but I could not get a good picture.  Have not seen the perch.  They were thick on the weed beds last year, but are not back yet.

Took some pictures for everyone to enjoy.  The spawning suckers can be seen.  Not sure about the stripe markings.  Is it the species or part of spawning?

Panfish were acting tough as usual.  These guys are fearless, you can see it in their eyes.  Good thing they do not have sharp teeth.