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Swim Report – July 7, 2018 – Post Holiday Chops

July 10, 2018 By Steve

The lakefront was shut down on Friday due to heavy surf and dangerous currents, so I didn’t know if Saturday morning would be a go.Read More

Swim Report – June 23, 2018 – Extended Spring

June 24, 2018 By Steve

Although it’s technically Summer right now, this weekend still feels very much like late Spring – and that’s a good thing! We had another weekRead More

Swim Report – June 16, 2018 – Goodbye Spring!

June 17, 2018 By Steve

The thunderstorms of Friday night may have caused many of us to lose precious sleep, but at least they were decent enough to move outRead More

Swim Report – June 9, 2018 – Beat the Devil

June 11, 2018 By Steve

Things were not looking too promising at 4:30am on Saturday. I had already been woken up repeatedly by loud cracks of thunder and heavy sheetsRead More

Swim Report – June 2, 2018 – 60F+

June 4, 2018 By Steve

Following a sweltering Memorial Day weekend, the air temperature dropped late last week and gave us some rather unseasonably cool weather for the start ofRead More

Swim Report – May 26, 2018 – Hello Summer!

May 28, 2018 By Steve

Memorial Day weekend has been a real scorcher, and it started off early on Saturday morning! Despite the possibility of storms, we had clear skiesRead More

Swim Report – May 12, 2018 – Pushback

May 13, 2018 By Steve

The kinder, gentler weather we’ve been enjoying during the week took a rather abrupt turn on Saturday morning. Suffice to say, we just weren’t feelingRead More

Swim Report – May 5, 2018 – Mayfly Edition

May 6, 2018 By Steve

Spring was running about two weeks behind schedule this year, but it caught up pretty quickly judging by yesterday morning! In recent weeks, we haven’tRead More

Swim Report – April 28, 2018 – Birthday Swim!

April 29, 2018 By Steve

Five of us met out at L1 yesterday morning and took on a very tempestuous lake. While not as bad as a few weeks ago,Read More

Swim Report – April 21, 2018 – Delayed Turnover

April 23, 2018 By Steve

Usually by now we start to see a spike in the lake temperature which signals the very much welcome Spring Turnover. However, given the persistentRead More

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