Once again, Watchic Lake Association volunteers Don and Martha Drew, and Agnes and Rick Wiggin captained our Watchic Lake Ice Cream Boat. Nearly 200 ice cream cups and information on protecting the lake were handed out to folks along the shore. And thank your to Hannaford Superma ...
We are fortunate that Watchic Lake has not experienced invasive plants such as variable leaf milfoil or Eurasian watermilfoil. Lets keep it that way! Always remove all plants from your canoe, kayak, boat, trailer, oars/paddles, fishing gear and anchor when going in and out of a b ...
Beginning on January 1, 2020, home buyers in Maine will be required to complete septic system inspections before the purchase of lakefront and riverfront homes and camps. The new law, LD 216 was signed on April 22, 2019 and extends existing laws that require home buyers of coasta ...
Property owners around the lake have noticed a raft that has been floating freely about the lake over the past few months. Its currently in the vicinity of Blueberry Island. It’s a nice looking raft… photo included. If you are the owner, we suggest you pick it up. Or, if y ...
WLA volunteers, as part of the our water quality monitoring program, have reinstalled our red buoy system on the south end of the lake, about mid-way between Watchic Road 5 and East Eleanor Ave (the deepest part of the lake at ~40 feet or 12.5 m). Please use caution when boating ...
The dam functioned flawlessly over the past winter. This year the dam was closed April 16, 2019 shortly after ice out. This will raise the lake to the summer full pond level over about next two to three weeks depending on the weather. As a reminder, to address seasonal changes th ...
We have completed our 2018 water quality report for Watchic Lake and its tributaries. This report also includes a summary of water quality over the past three years. In summary, the report states that while water quality is good today, nutrients entering the lake continue to pose ...
Thanks to Patty Taylor we have some wonderful pictures of some Watchic Lake Loons. The picture show here was taken this fall, and shows a young loon swallowing a good sized fish. Loons, who are visual hunters, require clear water to catch their prey and keep coming back to the la ...
At Watchic Lake, we are lucky to have two long term volunteer lake monitors (Eileen and David Burnell) with over 20 years’ experience reporting on water quality in our lake. This year the Lake Stewards of Maine (formerly Maine VLMP) asked monitors to write about what it means to ...
One of our members was recently surprised to see a large group of loons on the lake – he counted 10 and photographed nine of them. Generally we have four loons on the lake (2 nesting pairs), with an occasional visiting loon. We do have two loon chicks this year as well. Our guess ...
The Watchic Lake dam gate will be opened around November 1, 2025 (plus or minus a few days depending...
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Congratulations to Eileen and David Burnell, celebrating 35 years as certified lake monitors with La...
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