Algae update

[wakina]

Well like I said there was algae and lots of it at C-Can last Saturday! Here is some more information on the subject. Also a link to the latest Sat image where you can see how bad it has gotten so far.

http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/archive/...p?topic=1567.0

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/mod...egion=e&page=1

[Capt Juls]

Yesterday's satellite picture shows how bad it is already....

[ErieEye]

this is what the ramp at mazurics looked like today. Went east of Kellys today. There was algae everywhere I went. There were a few spots out from the airport on Kellys that I couldn't see the prop on the motor. Sorry about the sideways pic. Don't know how to fix it.

[fishin2]

Erieye, how was the fishin ? Hope this green doesn't slow oxygen too much. Fishins been tugh enough this season, Mike

[ErieEye]

Lots of undersized walleyes east of Kellys. I only spent a little over 2 hours pulling spoons and caught 9 throwbacks and 1 keeper. 2 of the throwbacks were right at 15" and didn't want to take a chance keeping them. Got tired of that so I packed up and headed to Marblehead light house. Pulled 2 20"ers in an hour and 1 9"er out of 18' of water east of the lighthouse. Shortly there after the traffic got a little to heavy which killed the bite. Actually yesterday I fished straight out from Metzgers marsh and pulled my limit. Water didn't look good by any means between the nw wind and the algae but the fish didn't mind. I was done by 11:30.

[Bggeary]

I have a question guys, what effect does algae have on a boat motor, inboard, i/o outboard? Any corrosive effects?