Red Granite...

[Dewit2it]

Just got the first open water of the year.   I met up with a new fish in the quarry today.  A 36" MUSKIE!  I was snorkling by the pickel factory and testing a new fish food on the gills.  A small bass stopped to look at the food and was taken by the muskie.  That bass was only 2' away when he got gobbled. :o  It scared the piss out of me.(the warmth felt good ;D)  That boy is thicker than my arm.  He must have been hanging in the corner, as I didn't see him until he struck.  I also saw a monster bass.  The fish are still jumping.  The gills are still indiffernt to the food, so next time I will try salting it.

The water seemed the same temp all the way down.  It wasn't too bad in the 5mm Goldcore, but after about an hour, I started feeling like shivering.  I did a few dives to 20' and retrieved a few cans and bottles and found a golf ball which I left.  I saw tons of snails on the bottom.  I could easily see the boat and tv set from the surface.  I wish I could have gotten in sooner when it was still sunny.(started to rain)

I removed the waterproof inkjet paper test strip.  The black ink suffered the most.  The colors stayed in the paper pretty good.  The Sharpie writing didn't appear affected at all.  The paper did get a thin coat of scum growing on it after 5 days.  Looks like I'll be using a Sharpie on the heading cards for the gnome compass course.