caribou lake

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We've been diving Caribou for the last couple of years.  It's one of the clearest natural lakes in the state.  We normally dive from our boat and so
we have the full range of the entire lake to dive in.  One of the better dives just happens to be right off of the public boat launch.  Straight out from the boat launch is a nice rocky drop-off to about 70 feet.  Diving along that drop-off to the north one encounters a whole lot of sunken logs, rocks, plants, fish, etc. The thermocline last week when we were there was at about 22 feet.  We can pretty much guarantee you'll see several small mouth bass which will probably follow you quite closely-especially if you turn over a few rocks and feed them some crayfish!  If you have a boat, there is one sunken rowboat I'm aware of in the lake.  It is north of the access past the 1st cove almost directly in front of a large, very distinctive boulder in about 15 feet of water fairly close to shore. 

Caribou is a great hidden gem!!  ;D The nearest place to fill tanks is Grand Rapids Marine, right on highway 2 west of county road 38.  Extreme warning--although we have used this place to fill tanks in the past and probably will again, please realize this is not a 'real' dive shop.  The staff have absolutely no clue.  The fills are all 'hot fills' so you're lucky to get 2700 psi in a tank.  Each fill takes them about 1/2 an hour! LOL  :o They also have 3, count them 3, tanks that they can rent.  : 

Caribou is well worth the drive.  The visibility and what you see in Caribou rivals any other pit lake we've been in, and this is a natural lake!  :o