On Jacko Lake
Jacko Lake is a very popular fishing lake and since it is one of the first to be ice-free, it will be a busy place in spring before the other lakes open up. On weekends and in prime times it stays busy right up to summer. When I paddle the lake I go early in the morning and paddle around the lake (4.7 km) before many of the boats arrive. On this day there was not much wind at launch time.
Yellow-headed blackbirds and ducks occupied the bays and the marshy shorelines.
Jacko has open slopes above the lake, mostly grasslands, open forest, and a few snags.
Algae was expanding in the lake, giving a greenish hue to the water, with green hills and dark trees reflected in the lake, all under cloudy skies.
By summer fishermen go to higher lakes, so I will be back to do two loops of the lake later in the paddling season.