On Jul 5, 5:47*pm, jeff wrote:


one of the lakes in yellowstone has that floating mat stuff. joe and i
walked out on it before we knew what it was. *the bouncy, waterbed-like
feel was too spooky. i had no idea what it was at the time, and we got
the hell off, but the rising fish beckoned us to walk across it. no
rises anywhere else, and the only way to get a cast required crossing
over that dangerous stuff. *you don't reckon...?? nah...

"Muskeg," they call it in this part of the world. And yeah, as you
suggested and Myron demonstrated, it's dangerous enough to play around
on. Although not uncommon along the edges of small ponds and lakes in
the northern regions of the upper great lakes states (where bits
sometimes break off and form floating islands), it reaches its full
glory on arctic tundras.

A good introduction he

http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/commun...y.cfm?id=10678

g.
who has been teased out along the edges a couple of times to look at
carnivorous plants, but has resisted the temptation to venture out any
further.....thus far......skis would probably work, though.