Bitter Lake Brine

bcalvert · Post by **bcalvert** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:14 pm

http://www.king5.com/video?id=151809175&sec=548902

MarkFromSea · Post by **MarkFromSea** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:25 pm

Holy CRAP!

yooper_fisher · Post by **yooper_fisher** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:42 pm

def worth knowing about, but that seemed like a very biased video

MarkFromSea · Post by **MarkFromSea** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:00 pm

yooper_fisher wrote:def worth knowing about, but that seemed like a very biased video

I especially liked the guy's comment about how the fish taste.......... Bwa Ha Ha!

Are you sure those aren't "brown" trout????????

Seriously, that's pretty messed up that a builder hooked an apartment building"s sewage into a storm water pipe. Not to mention the utility guy/inspector pointing at the pipe and saying "hook into that one."

returnofthefish · Post by **returnofthefish** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:37 pm

Glad I wore my waders everytime I went there with a float tube.

natetreat · Post by **natetreat** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:44 pm

Icky. Kids swim in that place. That's gross. I love the old lady who's super pissed about it. I would be too. As a former plumber, I find it hard to believe that someone would hook a sewage line to a storm drain without being a complete idiot! Sheesh, especially with a new construction job like that. The contractor the put that apartment complex in is gonna get sued, although I imagine they'll say that it passed inspection so it's not their fault. Smelly.

kzoo · Post by **kzoo** » Thu May 17, 2012 7:23 pm

natetreat wrote:Icky. Kids swim in that place. That's gross. I love the old lady who's super pissed about it. I would be too. As a former plumber, I find it hard to believe that someone would hook a sewage line to a storm drain without being a complete idiot! Sheesh, especially with a new construction job like that. The contractor the put that apartment complex in is gonna get sued, although I imagine they'll say that it passed inspection so it's not their fault. Smelly.

The City should be liable as well. City inspectors should be inspecting sewer tie-ins with City infrastructure.

Website · Post by **The Quadfather** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:54 pm

This is an interesting story. Bitter lake is my neighborhood pond. I fish here constantly! Last year I had the experience of a LIFETIME!

Be aware of "Swimmer's Itch" in your local lakes...

by The Quadfather » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:07 am

Just thought I'd pass along some painfully learned lessons from last night.
Every year for maybe 5 years now... when it comes to June I do all my float tubing in just shorts and a t-shirt. I have never had an issue with any creepy crud, skin para-sites, etc.
Last night I spent 60 min. in my local, Bitter lake. I must admit I didn't shower at home or anything. My tube sits very high in the water and the only part of me that gets wet is from knees down. I was up until 1:00 am with my calves on FIRE!! with the worst itching and swollen hives etc. I knew right away this it was the dang geese poop!
2 showers during the middle of the night, and drank a half bottle of Benadryl. Today I was buying more creams at the pharmacy.
Just saying.... where breatheable waders folks!:-({|=

"Honey Badger don't care.. Honey Badger don't give a ....."

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Post by **Bodofish** » Fri May 18, 2012 1:29 am

Oh Chris, say it aint so! I know what you mean, when I worked at NW Hosp I fished there all the time. Eeeeeewwwwwww glad I always wore my waders but hands and arms. I got hit a couple years ago from a EW lake and wow I thought my skin was going to fall off before it got under control. 100mg of benadryl every 4 hours and broad spectrum antibiotics and a bath tub full of cortizone cream. A couple days and it was all better, needless to say I didn't eat any of the fish I caught. I keep going back to Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, "interesting, kind of a nutty texture."................

MarkFromSea · Post by **MarkFromSea** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:01 am

Damn Bodo! Which E WA lake was the itch in? Sounds like one to avoid fer sure!

HULI_ISDA · Post by **HULI_ISDA** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:56 am

I was just planning for a trip there 'coz a friend live close by... now change plan......Im thankful for the website and fishermens round here to give time to send out important info.

oneshot · Post by **oneshot** » Fri May 18, 2012 1:47 pm

i've caught and released bass and trout in that lake but have never stepped foot in it.. i wont be returning..

yuck!!

Post by **Bodofish** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:40 pm

MarkFromSea wrote:Damn Bodo! Which E WA lake was the itch in? Sounds like one to avoid fer sure!

Yeah some of the little lakes get kind of funky sometimes, I think it's really a a bunch of factors, temp, field run off and rainfall. Hti the combo and the stuff takes off. Oh yeah, CALICHE.

MarkFromSea · Post by **MarkFromSea** » Fri May 18, 2012 3:45 pm

Renamed: Calitchy!!!!!!!! Thanks for the heads up!

urbanangler · Post by **urbanangler** » Fri May 25, 2012 11:29 am

Update, not nearly as bad as was reported.

Sewage leaked into Bitter Lake for months, not years says SPU
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47568371/ns ... eattle_wa/

bcalvert · Post by **bcalvert** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:06 pm

Thanks for the update.

bultaco · Post by **bultaco** » Tue May 29, 2012 1:14 pm

I fished Bitter Lake all the time, as a kid, catching bass, catfish, perch, sunfish and trout. We swam there just about every day during the summer too and never got "swimmers itch". Back then there was a public boat launch at the end of Wingard off 137th and on opening day there were so many boats that you could almost walk across the lake.

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