So, who's started their season?

[BillieAnne]

We're opening our place on Bear Island on 4/28. I can't wait!!!

Belinda

[tricia1218]

April 29th for us, we are counting the days!

[ACutAbove]

Ive been doing spring clean ups for 2 weeks now. The snow being gone early is a great thing, for me anyways...lol
I guess its time to put the sleds away and start up the jet ski...

[islandAl]

Opened in March, and for being on an Island is really good. Took the next weekend off to spend with brand new granddaughter (now have 3 & 3) and put the water on this weekend. Came back early for Easter with the family.
Back up Monday with some of the grandkids to help with branch pickup and the like.

[mcdude]

I'll be heading up on Tuesday. Luckily I have school vacation time. Though we use the place in the winter time, on occasion, the water is shut off for the winter so the place doesn't have to be heated all during the cold season. (electric heat....ouch!) Under these conditions we have to lug lots of water! But it's like camping out inside so it's an adventure. And it's not really 'roughing it' with heat, cable and internet. Any way the water gets turned on this week. That means the shower works! (and I smell much better!) A bit of advice to everyone....now is the time to do your raking, sweeping (under the house plumbing connections?) and other outside tasks BEFORE the black flies come out!

Boat launching for me is no big deal as it involves throwing the kayak off the dock. Oh wait a minute....my dock floated away last October.....


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[Sunset Bob]

Went up last weekend and did clean up. Mcdude I know how you feel with the no water I always say I have running water just run down to the lake and get it.
Splashed the boat on Wed. the 12th had a great day on the lake(looked for what is in the water on the weirs cam but found nothing) had lunch on the boat.
Hope to get the water turned on this weekend.

[fatlazyless]

So many mayflies, thick as can be and it's not even the month of May, yet! Most mayflies ever! I opened the door to go inside and wasn't quick enough so a swarm of these mayflies swarmed in with me and were very annoying. Believe it or not, there a was even a bat attached to the side of the recliner, totally dead. It must have eaten too many mayflies and suffered a bout of instant mayflyitis, or something.

The lake level sure is looking low, and the mayflies sure are looking thick and too many. Hey, maybe this will qualify me for a property tax abatement as in land value diminished by low water and too many mayflies. Methinks I see a letter of assessment appeal.......Dearest Selectmen & Selectwoman....

[codeman671]

I have already been on the lake 5 times, had a great lunch at Pepper's, opened up the house and blew up an outboard motor...Boy its going to be a great season!

[mets3007]

My season dont start til July17th when I go to Weirs Beach whoo hoo!! Its just about 90 more days yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Sunset Bob

Went up last weekend and did clean up. Mcdude I know how you feel with the no water I always say I have running water just run down to the lake and get it.
Splashed the boat on Wed. the 12th had a great day on the lake(looked for what is in the water on the weirs cam but found nothing) had lunch on the boat.
Hope to get the water turned on this weekend.

Like you and McD, our water gets "off'ed" in late fall and then "on'ed" in a week (or two). We've been going up these past few weeks to get a start on the normal opening tasks and, for "Mee", indoor plumbing is one of those BIG things. We have heat, should we want, via the gas stove. Works well for our small hovel. But back to H2O ... so like you we have "running water"; she wants water and I run down to the lake and back to get it ! The raking goes much faster when 2 are raking rather than just myself.

[BBS2]

We opened up on 4/1 We had to fix a few leaks but that seems appropriate considering the day. The sailboat won't be in the water for awhile, she still needs some bottom paint and we are waiting for new sails.
The past few weekends have been for chores...raking...prep for painting, etc. and just relaxing with long walks with the pooch. I did take a walk in the Lake until my toes turned blue and I was numb up to my shins.
We love it here!!!

[ApS]

'Been here a week, a few weeks later than usual. "Re-seasoned" the place the first day. No windfalls, so there's no chainsawing to do. And, surrounded by an acre of forest, there's no point in raking this non-lawn. Lots of the usual birdlife, including the flycatchers. (No mayflies as yet, though).

Until yesterday, it's been sunny and calm. Lots of shiny aluminum boats seeking salmon out there. A great week in the sun for them, too, even if they get "skunked". Friday, I saw a trout feeding off the surface within two feet of the water's edge.

What's weird this year is the sound of the occasional wake hitting the shoreline. Now that I have a beach, the waves just go "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", instead of the customary crashing sounds.

'Haven't boated very far as yet, just visiting the neighbors' docks. All the local docks with pilings have suffered some "pushovers" due to ice movement. My own dock got pushed back to "level"!

Peeking through the boards on the dock, the lake water itself has a lot of small fragments suspended in it. Except for the occasional grassy fragment, there's little that can be identified.

The weather has been superb for taking my customary nap in the sun on the dock. (And sweating!)

[jkjoshuatree]

We opened up this past weekend (14th-15th). Cleaned a ton of downed branches and sticks around the yard. Put the dock in, turned the water on, and chopped wood for six hours (my hands are killing me today-no grip).

I saw five deer Saturday morning, big ones too. A lot of black flies. The loons were calling to each other when we arrived Friday night.

Couldn't believe how low the lake is. It's the lowest I've seen in over thirty years.

It was good to be home though.

[mcdude]

The runaway dock has been (at least temporarily) restored to its' ordained location (the new waders worked great!) ...and the water has been successfully turned on with no leaks! I think it was three years ago that today was ice-out. Today it is about 70 degrees! If it weren't for those black flies....and how did I get this poison ivy? (itch, itch, itch)