The old fish cleaning shack at Timber Shores was being moved this week. Our guess is that, over the decades, there were more fish cleaned under the green lamp than milliliters of blood taken from the filleters by the ever present mosquitoes, but it's close.

The lake continues to rise. We can't recall it ever being this high. Boat houses that are not as sound as they once were will soon be objects to dive on.

Piers that were put in early, before all the rain and runoff, have suffered the most and are in danger of slipping under the water if we get much more rain.

Later in the week, cinder blocks were used to prevent pier sections from floating off and becoming rafts.

The North end of the lake was rough this week. Instead of skiing, many lake residents instead chose to secure piers and docks against the rising waters of Lake Lucerne. There is talk of clearing the dam that serves as the outlet to swamp creek in an effort to lower the lake level, but we don't think this will be necessary. The lake will go down again. Then it will go up again. It'd be best to plan for this when designing piers, docks and giant water swings. One of the worst things that can happen to a lake, is the introduction of an alien species that has no indigenous predators. Currently, Lake Lucerne is in danger of being over run by feral pier rafts. Know the difference between native rafts and these foreign invaders. Feral pier rafts tend to cluster near the shore, have legs, and are not very floaty. We'll be contacting the LLAA to check on the feasibility of setting up boat inspections at the public landing to assure all water craft going into the lake are feral pier raft free. If you notice a feral pier raft floating by your dock, please haul it out of the water. They can be a threat to navigation. Plus, hey, free pier.

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