Blush Lake Kayak Tour

Blush Lake is 93 acres in size, and is totally in the Big Island Lake Wilderness Area. Our property is the only private frontage, about 1100' on the west side of the lake. The lake is shallow, only about 10' deep. It is fed by several seeps and has a small stream feeding it from Nurse Pond. The outlet across the lake flows to the Ponds, and then south as Camp 83 creek, joining the Indian River south of Thunder Lake Rd.

The lake does have a lot of sediment, and the north bays are very shallow. There are surprisingly few water weeds in the lake, and for all its sediment it is quite clear. The lake does have fish, we have seen lots of minnows, perch, sunfish, and pike. It also has a lot of fresh water mussels, which the otters frequent.

Last fall, we took one last paddle around the lake, and I took the video camera along. I pulled some still shots of the trip to post for you here. We started, obviously from our beach and headed north.

We checked out the far side of the north point of the lake, where we often see perch. Then across to the far shore line moving west to the outlet.

This area is a place where the eagles like to perch. We frequently will spot one here, as we did today.

We sometimes put ashore here to walk in the hemlock woods to look for wildlife on McNearny Ponds.

Then we headed back south and west toward home, checking out the submerged logs along the south shore. We often can see fish here if we let the kayaks drift. Minnows seem to find shelter near the logs.

This is an area where we often see otters munching on mussels, or playing on the logs.

The clouds were building, and getting gray, so it was time to put in. The temperature was dropping too.

We knew it was time to put in, and pull the kayaks up for the year. Hope you enjoyed our little tour!