Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Is Lake Winni comparable to Smith mountain lake in Virginia

Slickcraft · 08-06-2016, 08:31 AM

My wife's cousin has a cottage on Norman and we have visited twice. We were not impressed with the lake. (However he is impressed with Winni every time he visits here). It is a dammed up river, long and narrow. Compared to Winni the water was warm and murky.

Results of secchi disk testing on Norman showed visibility down to 70.4" or 5.9 feet:
http://www.lakenormanpublications.co...8a532f9d3.html

My wife and I sampled a deep spot on Winni the past 5 years. The average visable secchi disk depth was 9.6 meters or 31.5 feet. More than 5 times the viewing depth of Lake Norman.

08-06-2016, 08:31 AM	#23
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,301 Thanks: 1,222 Thanked 2,087 Times in 955 Posts	Lake Norman My wife's cousin has a cottage on Norman and we have visited twice. We were not impressed with the lake. (However he is impressed with Winni every time he visits here). It is a dammed up river, long and narrow. Compared to Winni the water was warm and murky. Results of secchi disk testing on Norman showed visibility down to 70.4" or 5.9 feet: http://www.lakenormanpublications.co...8a532f9d3.html My wife and I sampled a deep spot on Winni the past 5 years. The average visable secchi disk depth was 9.6 meters or 31.5 feet. More than 5 times the viewing depth of Lake Norman. Last edited by Slickcraft; 08-06-2016 at 09:52 AM.