Quote Originally Posted by 410th View Post
Got a question for you all.

I was the old Stanford lake this past weekend and when I brought in a wad of grass with a spinner bait, the grass had a real bad smell to it, almost like sulfer or rotton eggs. I could smell the grass laying on the front deck with me standing up. Any body got any ideas what would cause it to have a smell that bad.

Billy
It is probably methane gas leeching from the landfill. We pass a landfill when we are going to Cherokee Lake. At times we can see what looks like a light cloud of smoke hanging heavily in the air. When we drive through it the air smells like rotten eggs. At night we can see a large, blue flame coming out of a pipe where they are burning off the methane.

Lots of lakes have methane that naturally escapes into the water. I remember seeing what is called a 'lake turnover' and methane was bubbling to the top and smelled the same as you describe. The water looked thick and gross.