ICSD New Shipwreck Challenge...

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The bar has been set very high. Last weekend, I passed on an opportunity to turn another page in the [glow=red,2,300]master dive plan[/glow]. And you all witnessed the results! Two cars in one day! This provided some much-needed  motivation for this warm blue water diver, to rise to the location, and pull my fair share of the team load. 

I took half the day off on Friday. I had a new outboard for my jon boat,The" River Rat" that was supposedly" fixed". I had visions of us diving out of this steady platform on Saturday, and hauling loads of treasure to our secret storage facility :-X. Fortunately on the test drive I went up river. So when the motor died I was able to drift back to the landing. This is the motor I have been trying to get going for the last two months.  >

Plan B., John's trusty zodiac, and we launched on Skogman Lake at around 10 AM, and went back to continue searching in the area we assumed to be target rich. We had searched the area on a winter dive, but found no booty. I was first to splash in,  rolling out of the zodiac with military like precision(frogman), and started doing search patterns up and down the bank, from 25 foot to 10 foot. 20 minutes into the dive, I spotted it! An old flat back wooden boat, and I knew that the first-place loser category was mine! We continued searching the area and found a few miscellaneous trinkets, and anchors. We left the lake at about 1230.


N4534.139' w9309.593'    14' deep

A client of mine who lives on blue Lake, and is also a diver, told me that the water was very clear with approximately 20 foot of vis. We referenced the [glow=red,2,300]master dive plan[/glow], and only had a couple of footnotes on this lake, but with 20 foot of vis, we decided to give it a try. This lake was a lot busier than we were limited in the areas to dive. Well I guess we should have been at the lake earlier in the week, because the vis was only 4 to 6 feet. I was meandering about aimlessly, somewhat disappointed with the lack of structure,  pudding like consistency of the bottom, and poor visibility, when I saw an odd shape, looming in the ominous blackness. My sac rate started deteriorating rapidly! Could it be? Is the karma that strong? a fin kick later, and it was confirmed. The second wreck in one day! But I did not have the camera. I sent up a marker buoy, and waited for the author and architect of the [glow=red,2,300]master dive plan [/glow] and his trusty zodiac with my camera!

I will get the videos uploaded along with GPS coordinates by Monday.....
;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8)


n4528.270 w93 29.938'
24' deep