Category: Lake Monsters

We ended summer 2022 on a high note with a 72.6F lake and comparable air temperatures. Plus we had a very calm lake with idealRead More

The forecast for Sunday morning was pretty grim – namely, a beach advisory with expected 7 foot waves. So I wasn’t too optimistic that thereRead More

While we didn’t get much of a sunrise this morning as we had some pretty overcast skies. But we did have a uniformly warm lakeRead More

I got out to the lakefront a bit earlier than usual on Sunday, so I managed to catch the amazing colors that preceded the sunrise.Read More

Our last meetup of July couldn’t have been more perfect! The lake came in at 72.2F (in swim), and the air temp was already 70FRead More

After the slight temperature regression last week, Lake Michigan rebounded and gave us a 73.0F lake this morning which was an absolute joy to swimRead More

We lucked out the morning before the holiday as the lake temperature 48 hours prior was hovering at 60F thanks to an inversion of colderRead More

Being just on the cusp of the solstice, sunrise was WAY early (5:15am). But that didn’t stop several new and veteran Lake Monsters from gettingRead More

Finally punched through the 60F ceiling with the lake coming in at a near perfect 63.0F. The air was a bit cooler at 60F, butRead More

We had some very gusty winds from the west, so I was expecting the lakefront to be a mess. But the swim area was perfectlyRead More