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Ben, Yes, this is on the Palouse, just because the Palouse is a trib on the Snake does not make it clear water. The Palouse drains an extensive farming area and there is an extreme amount of sediment in the system at this time of year. The confluence of the Snake and Palouse is so shallow I do not take my boat up it. A number of fishermen who have jet boats or smaller boats with a shallow draft do go up it. A kayak would work just as well. I used to water ski in this area all the time. It never gets very good vis. and as I said before this is probably the worst time to dive the area. Brad Ben Wiseley wrote: > > Brad, > > I guess I'm confused. The map I have (from a kayaking > book) has you putting in at Lyons Ferry State Park at > the junction of the Snake and the Palouse rivers and > kayaking up the Palouse River about a mile to a sand > bar on the left that has the Marmes Rock Shelter. The > sand bar "looks" like it creates a small lake (which I > assume are the remnants of the dike they built in the > 60's). > > The Palouse River runs into the Snake River but I've > heard that this part of the Palouse River is a "lake". > Is the book wrong on this? It's a long as drive for > me and I'd hate to go out there if it was six inch vis > (that'd be totally pointless). > > There's a scuba shop in the area that I'll call later > today. > > -ben > > --- brad gilmore <bgilmore@at*.ne*> wrote: > > Ben, > > > > This is in the Snake River which will be very > > muddy at this time of year. The limited spring > > freshet has still moved a lot of sediment into > > the river. Also because it is the start of > > irrigation season there will be sediment from > > the tail water as well. The water will be about > > 45-50 degF. I can think of a lot of better dives > > than in the Snake in the Spring. > > > > brad > > > > P.S. > > Kennewick man was found in the area around Richland > > and Kennewick > > which is "Lake" Wallula from McNary dam on the > > Columbia. > > > > Lyons park is above Lo Mo, the 2nd dam on the lower > > Snake. About > > 50 miles up the Snake from the Columbia. > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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