Ore B Gone

[flyboy65]

Drove up to Gilbert today and dove Ore B Gone.  Very cold, misty, and windy day for diving.  As Paul and I were talking on the phone making plans, the sun was shining.  How deceiving! 

The water level is down at least 4-5 feet.  It was a bit alarming looking at the swimming area. The floating dock is mostly sitting on land, at this point.  Looks like the city did some work on the swimming area, and laid a layer of fine gravel which looks nice.  It will be nice when the water levels come back up again.

Viz was a bit milky still.  39 degrees below 30 feet.  We dove left of the skeleton platform, and hit 102', made a u-turn, and worked our way up.  Saw a VERY nice walleye on the way up in about 30 feet of water.  By the time I got Paul's attention, we barely made out a tail fin.

Ya know, access  is just as tricky as it always has been, barring the swimming area.  My problem is, immediately having to deal with gravity as I take a step up out of the water. 

All in all it was a great dive.

Anyone ever been to any of the other pits up there?  There's one just NW of Biwabik, but it looks like it's ATV trails back to it.  Also, I remember Google Earth pics of a mine pit just outside of McKinley...looks like there are trails to the pit...Could be interesting.  A weekend of camping and exploring....?