snorkeling spots great twin cities area

[popolarbear]

these are some interesting spots that stand out in particular. what you are looking at:
1)upper missisiippi river north of monticello boat access. interesting spot in late summer as main channel has low 1-2ft vis and fast fast somewhat dangerous current even though its only 2ft deep. sides of the river will have some spring fed areas were vis will be 4ft+ and if you find the deeper holes(4-7ft) then you find the fish!!! very differnt spot than many that are around.

2)tame bluegills crowding around one of my boys at a private lake/beach that is somewhat difficult and questionable to access at best. vis was roughly 4ft in the swimming beach due to a party going on at the time. out farther the vis increases to close to 10.

3)vermillion river at hastings, just downstream from the 200ft waterfall. this is a trout stream and has clear water! and baby trout even on the misssippi river side! vis is roughly 4ft.(early august, before the rains). depth is shallow between inches and perhaps 2-4ft. i havent fully explored this spot and it is a sleeper of a spot. mainly it has golden suckers,carp, afew sheepheads, afew small smallies and some limmited odd ball stuff(not as much as we would like). supposedly there is a large deep pool just close to the confluence were the missisippi and vermillion conect, only problem is tons of fishermen are using this spot non-stop.