Cranberry paddle

I had a few hours to kill this morning before I go to a bbq for Memorial Day.  I decided to hit Cranberry Lake as I haven't been there since I was in college with Billy Hoffman.  It's funny how the memories of a place doesn't leave you...even after so many years.  I still remembered much of the lake.

It started out a nice, calm paddle.  I left the launch and headed to the "old lake".  I got over to the rocks and decided to do a little fishing.  Got a bite but that was about it.  I then paddled the circumference of the whole lake.  I think my favorite spot was a little hidden cove that was even too shallow for my boat but it was nice and peaceful.  After a while of paddling, and going under the bridge, I headed back to the launch and it became fairly windy and the boats were all starting to zoom around.

As a whole, I wasn't crazy about this lake to paddle.  It was all back yards and to me, dodging boats and seeing backyards isn't all that fun for me.

Lake Aeroflux

I had a little bit of time to go paddling and had wanted to try Lake Aeroflux for a bit so I headed up there to check it out.   I got there fairly early in the day, it was by 7:30 and the morning was gorgeous!  When I got there, there were a few boats there fishing.  I got in the water and paddled around.  I did stop, every so often to do a little fishing, but i paddled more than fished.  I did catch one crappy and one pickerel.  I also stopped off at the side so I can go grab a cache that was hidden near the bank.  I made my way around the entire lake and came back, towards the put in and decided to just lay in the boat for a bit and let the planes land over me.  It is really cool how the Andover airport is so close to the bank of the lake and the planes literally landed right over my head.  All in all it was a great day on the water.  The link below will take you to a video clip of my day.

Lake Aeroflux in pictures