I have seen some amazingly large numbers of young fish (yellow perch and bluegills, mostly) schooling in gaps in the weed bed at the very end of Braun Bay. There's often larger predatory fish like pickerel and bass lurking in at the edges of the weedbed gaps, clearly waiting for a meal. It's a very cool thing to see. The colors are stunning on a bright day.
The Belknap is a cool wreck to snorkel. It's near the south end of the bridge between Birch and Steamboat Islands, on the east side of the islands. The wreck starts pretty close to shore and extends out.
There's some interesting volcanic rock formations in the shallow water to the east of the red markers in the Varney Island channel. Nothing mind-blowing though.
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