02/11/2026
Bass Lake Saturday 31 October 26
Dive time 30 min Max depth 14m
The water temperature up to 7m was great. The visibility was acceptable. At 7m there is a thermocline and with a big drop in water temperature. At the thermocline the visibility quickly reduces to less than 1 metre. Between 7 and 9 m is a Daphnia bloom. Daphnia are tiny fresh water crustaceans that provide a perfect food source for the many tiny bass fry. We have never before seen so many of these right up against the Eastern wall (just left of the walk-in entry). There are millions of tiny bass feeding on the tiny crustaceans. The bass fry are in turn, being preyed upon by larger black bass. At about 6 metres more or less in line with the restaurant, we encountered 7 tilapia feeding on algae.
