Bleeker Lake is  long narrow lake just 1 km from Roche Lake, accessed by the Bleeker Lake Forest Service Road.    The backroad has potholes, but can be driven by most vehicles.   Most people who fish or paddle the lake launch from the Rec Site on the north side of the lake, but I used my truck to launch from the end of the lake in an informal campsite area in a shallow lagoon.

I paddled around the lake, a 5 km loop.

There had been winter kill so there were no fishermen on the lake, but there were lots of ducks

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I like to explore the shallow, marshy areas around the lake.   All of the lakes in the area (Roche, Horseshoe, Scuitto, Black, Hosli, etc.) have lots of birds, insects, and wildlife.

I will be returning to paddle more lakes in that area in the weeks to come.