Door County,Wisc trip report

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I hit the Fleetwing, Ida Corning, Oakleaf, and Empire State today.

ANY DIVER PLANNING ON HITTING THE FLEETWING THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE BRING SOME NEW MARKER JUGS!!!  The old ones are barely afloat, and missing their caps.

There were some nice bass hanging out along the dropoff and near the fish crib.  A new section may have been uncovered, as it is not listed on the map on shore.  It's a large wooden flat section closer to the boat launch than the rest of the wreck in 10-15'.  The algae is off most of the wood.  I think that this chunk was in the same area that all the dead zebra mussels were last summer, they may have been covering it.  Viz was around 35-40', and temps were comfortable in a 5mm with hood and gloves.

The other three at Bullhead Point weren't so hot.  Fishline was everywhere!  A knife is a MUST here!  Viz was maybe 8-10', as I could just make out the hull from the centerboard trunk.  Lots of 6" and smaller perch hanging in the wrecks, and also lots of millfoil.  I wanted to go a little deeper on the Empire State which is on the channel side of the wrecks, but I noticed that a current was picking up.  A large freighter was passing thru.  I was hoping that this would be a good snorkel site for the nephews, but there's too much fishline.