Diving spots around Battle Lake/ Alexandria area

[davsholm423]

There's some suprisingly good diving around Battle Lake. (the title said Battle Lake, and in the post it said Battle Creek)

I was up in Alexandria in July and we dove Maple Lake, Eagle Lake, and a few others that aren't worth mentioning. When we was diving Maple Lake a DNR officer told us about Eagle Lake, Paul Lake, and Scalp Lake. We only had time to dive Eagle.

Maple Lake was pretty good, right off of the landing there was a steep drop off that was easy to follow. The visibility was around 10 feet. The only thing we saw were some walleyes which would scatter the second we came within 8 feet, and some anchors. There were few weeds and it was a solid sandy bottom.

Eagle Lake was a lot better than Maple Lake. The drop off was a lot more gradual but it was only 50 feet deep. The visibilty was suprisingly good, probably near 15 feet. There is "freshwater coral" in this lake.......but we either didn't see anything, or it was just some rocks. If you go left (looking out from the access) it's all sand with a gradual drop off. There were a few fish but not many. When we dove it to the right we saw more weeds and fish, but there was a pretty long swim to get to them.

There isn't a lot to see in either of these places, but they're not a bad place to get wet if you want to get in the water and enjoy the visibilty.

Go to the DNR Lake Finder for more information on the visibility, location, and maps.

FYI, the DNR gave Eagle Lake 22.6 ft for vis. You can get air in Alexandria at Scuba Central