Just wanted to give a heads up to anybody planning on fishing or camping at Marion Reservoir this weekend. Went to put the boat in this evening and was stopped. They closed the lake and camping grounds down due to a algae bloom.
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Just wanted to give a heads up to anybody planning on fishing or camping at Marion Reservoir this weekend. Went to put the boat in this evening and was stopped. They closed the lake and camping grounds down due to a algae bloom.
Oh man - what horrible timing. Over the fish for free weekend?
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It's pretty bad timing. Hopefully it won't be closed for too long. I figured I would run back out this weekend sometime and see if they have unlocked any of the gates.
I was up there this past Monday and the water was looking pretty green then. I think this will make it 3 or 4 years in a row they have had this problem. It will be closed for a while if its like the past years. Its too bad cause Marion is always good fishing.
I just saw this in today's paper. Not good news.
Feds, state close Marion Reservoir; blue-green algae found | The Wichita Eagle
I'm glad you found and posted that, I looked all over last night and couldn't find anything. It must be a bad outbreak, I talked to a couple of the camp host's their the other evening and they said park rangers where out their pulling boats off the water. I can't say that I've ever seen or heard of them closing a lake over this.