smerchly Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Looking at the NOAA maps today and noticed Quinte has a strange green colour . They have had plenty of rain this summer so I thought it might be from runoff , but I have also been there when the algae bloom was bad , but the water remained the traditional "tea" colour . https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=o&page=1&template=sub&image=t1.18259.1608.LakeOntario.143.250m.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floatman Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Matches the colour of Hamilton Bay which is a swamp of algae, weeds, and foul smelling water. Glad I'm not a fish that has to swim in that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Ya, I was wondering if it's algae as well. I read an article in the Spec about how the Great Lakes temps are a couple degrees warmer than average. I was fishing Hammy Harbour yesterday and didn't realize how bad the algae was until the sun came up. Yuck! Then I saw the signs were up saying; "...water polluted with Blue-green algae." It's really disgusting to fish and horrible as it collects on your line, not to mention the health risks is poses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 Could be iron ore....lol... when I used to sail we would hose the cargo holds out and pump it overboard... would turn the water red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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