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Muskrat Lake algae bloom

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:46 pm
by fenderbender
I heard last week that Muskrat might be shut down because of an algae bloom. The same thing happened last year but it was still OK to fish it. The water turned this weird blue green color but they said it was OK to eat the fish. This year they're saying that the want to test it and last week I heard on the news they were advising people to not touch the water until testing was complete.

I haven't heard anything since last week. Anybody have an update?

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:13 pm
by charbyc
my wife showered twice a day in lake water last week when we stayed there.......

we were there all week the water was a funny color but i have yet to sprout tentacles or a third eye or somethin........

as for the fish they feed on smelt and are oily as heck so we didnt eat any fish.........

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:28 pm
by slop
Algea blooms are quite common. Stay off Muskrat until further notice!

:P :P

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:52 pm
by Carmine13
all it is is excess nitrogen( gr 10 chem actually wasnt a waste) yeah it usually comes from farm runoffs who use fertilizer, id still fish it!!!

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:13 pm
by Jimmy_1
Taken from Wikipedia....

Author Michael Bradley theorizes that Mussie may be a type of freshwater pigmy walrus, similar to the seals in Seal Lake, Quebec. Eyewitness accounts support this theory with descriptions of slick, silver-grey fur and long white teeth or tusks. In 1988 Bradley conducted a sonar survey of Muskrat Lake in an attempt to find evidence of Mussie's existence. He failed to find anything substantial, though he did capture a sonar image of two creatures, 6-8 feet long, at a depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). Bradley notes that these creatures seemed to be undulating vertically. According to Bradley this is remarkable because only two types of creature undulate vertically, invertebrates and marine mammals. The problem with this is that marine mammals need open water in the winter to survive. The closest source of open water is at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River. Mussie enthusiast Dennis Blaedow thinks that Mussie may spend the winter in some form of hibernation feeding off a cache of food deep in the Muskrat Lake caves. Retired Opeongo High School geography teacher Stew Jack thinks that belief in Mussie's existence may be caused by hallucinogenic qualities of the lake water itself.

DRINK THE WATER!!! :D

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:22 pm
by Jimmy_1
Image

"tiss the spawn of Mussie!"

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:22 pm
by Eli
mussie is just a large sturgeon

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:22 pm
by Eli
mussie is just a large sturgeon

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:26 am
by muskymike
CLEARED UP YET?????????????