The lake is in bad shape. I live 5 miles from Grand Lake and have my whole life. Sad to say, but in the last 15 years of owning boats I have never once put my own boat in Grand Lake. And have probably only been out on it a handful of times. Im not here to bash Grand Lake or say bad about it by any means but,to me, it has always been a shallow, dirty lake. I will post some links to pics my friends took last year. The green color is not doctored up! The lake is a bit better this year, but last year the color and stench were almost unreal. I hear the alum treatments have did well controlling the algea and more are scheduled for next year. I would love to see the lake turn around. If it did, I'd be tempted to buy a small boat again just to go out on when time/funds don't let me run on the big water!

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