The lake was rocking and rolling with winds blasting past 30 mph. It is very unusual that I go out during high winds and this was certainly the windiest I have ever ventured out on Lake Puckaway. The waves make sampling and everything else much more difficult. I am glad I got there though, it will be a good test to see how much phosphorus is kicked up from the wind during this events. The wind created a constant flurry of cattail fluff, unfortunately about 99% will be from non-native invasive cattail species.
The carp fisherman were also out there braving the wind and waves, I can't say I envied them. I heard there efforts paid off and there are getting a good haul of marketable fish.
There was a fair number of Rudy Ducks bobbing up and down in the water and some wood ducks hanging around at the mouth of the river.
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Water clarity as measured with a Secchi disk. The disk was still visible while
resting on the bottom at the Fox River Inlet.
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