Busy at Brule Road

Today's dive at Brule Road answered a request from one of the 5 Club members making the trip to be introduced to this handy little, sheltered site. The Quarry was busy. About a dozen other people - in various stages of undress - were soaking up the sunshine and enjoying the swimming opportunities the location offers. Despite distractions, the divers made it into the water for about 70 minutes, checking out the sights and reflecting on the increasingly bold fish behaviours of the Largemouth Bass and Bluegills encountered. The Bluegills are particularly colourfully marked currently. It's tempting to speculate that they are in courtship colours. Other fish are clearly past this stage, because at several points we found dense shoals of small fry.

Chris Haslip had reported the presence of a new boat in the quarry last week. This lies in about 17 feet of water immediately to the left of the entrance beach. It should also be noted that the bowrider (which sat beneath the rock edge on the Western side) has been moved towards the cruiser in deeper water. It now stands proudly isolated between the Hyundai and the Cruiser.

Visibility this afternoon was about 35 feet and the water temperature varied from 72F (22C) at the surface to 62F (17C) beneath the thermocline, which sits at about 17 feet.

Wrecked at Brule Road..

It was too nice a day to miss a dive, so Dianne and I headed for Brule Road to complete a wreck adventure on the cabin cruiser. We also took the opportunity to have a closer look at the Hyundai discovered during our ice dive in February. All objectives were successfully completed and we enjoyed a bit of exploration, particularly of the NE corner of the pond. A large gold-coloured Carp was disturbed at one stage, South of the cruiser and old car. A large Bass was also seen early in the dive.

Conditions were very good, with viz in the order of 50 feet and a water temperature of 41F (5C). The air temperature was 6C (43F) with a cool breeze behind it.