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Originally Posted by waukewanderer
The odor that you refer to is the result of a naturally occurring Spring "turn over" of the water in the lake. The water temperature at the bottom of the lake is warmer than that of the upper level...the warm water rises to the top and brings with it decomposing matter and other odoriferous stuff from the bottom. This occurs again in the Fall when the water temperature changes. It smells like a pond for a few days and then goes away. Aside from smelling like a frog, I don't think you can get any ill effects from swimming in it.  |
I'm not sure that we would still be experiencing any effects from turnover at this late stage of the spring.
Maybe it's the biological breakdown of the pollen?
http://waterontheweb.org/under/lakee...ification.html