I put the boat in yesterday and pulled the deep diffuser. I shut the air down a couple weeks ago. Later today I'll re-rig the diffuser in shallow water. When the surface temps to hit the low 40°s I'll start it back up.
Yesterday we cleaned out the pump house. Deflated all of Mrs. Augie's float tubes/rafts/etc. and packed them away for the winter. She had three old bicycles and some kid toys in there too. We pulled that stuff out and some other misc. junk that she had shoved in there over the summer and moved all of it to more appropriate storage. For the first time in awhile I can see the floor in there. A colony of japanese lady beetles moved in for the winter but I've got a surprise planned for them later today... a good coating of seven dust and a thrill ride into the shop vac will send them out in style.
Surface temp is 54°, 49° at 10'. Fish are still feeding with slightly less gusto than they were a month ago, but they are still cleaning up a gallon of Optimal pellets in <10 minutes.
There are a few sprouts starting on the dam that need to be lopped and given a Tordon bath.
