I left Mamit Lake for the end of the season.

It’s a lake that seems to have poor water quality for much of the year, the highway is along one side of the lake, and there are ranches/farms on either end.   There have been water quality advisories from an algae bloom in the past and to my mind, the lake has a greenish hue all year round.   The lake is fed by Guichon Creek, Meadow Creek, and Chartrand Creek, all of which go through farm lands, ranching properties, and marshy lakes.    The lake is a reservoir with a dam at the south end, used to provide water to ranches downstream.

In the fall the algae bloom was mostly over, but the algae was still everywhere in the water, a less-than-appealing paddling experience.

I paddled for an hour completing a loop on the lake.

Its not that Mamit Lake is a bad spot, but there are 50 better lakes to paddle in our area.   I won’t be back again.