It started with a simple math issue. The lake is 15 minutes away and the ocean is about 4 hours away. Its easy to just take an early afternoon dive without having to go anywhere. There is plenty to see though, wrecks/fish/ and submerged trees... I live about 15 minutes from Lake Jocasse, where "Deliverance" was filmed... No I`m not related.. hehe The trees are really cool to dive, but creeps most divers out... They won`t admit it but... the water is colder but we can still do deep dives, and the clarity is way better below 100`, as most sediment stay more towards the surface, very surreal. When I did my "deep dive" during our advanced training, we were in a 3 week period that it stayed in the high 90* temps. At 107` water was 52*. I almost laughed out loud thinking as I looked to the surface that I was going to get frostbite and yet it was almost 100* just 100` above me. To check us for narcosis, our instructor gave us some long math to do on our slates, as we were writing out our equations, I noticed a "fishsickle" laying on the ledge were we were perched. It looked like a small bass, but was as if it was frozen and oblivious to us being there. I`ve had a number of fish let us swim right up and touch them. Its not as clear or warm as the ocean, but it satisfies my urge to get wet.