Muddy Water Dive Team

08/05/2023

08/05/2023

Went to dive Scuba Ranch today. There were a total of 6 people in the entire lake. 15-20 ft visibility. Underwater for over 2.5 hrs. Dove on 7 different “wrecks” underwater. It was one of the best dive days all summer, we got to watch lots of fish and other wildlife. Keith Medford was my dive buddy and we both enjoyed the day.

07/29/2023

Fixin to do a little dock anchoring job out at Lake Kemp Moonshine Camp later this month. Stay tuned for results!

07/04/2023

Shout out to those who are working EMS, ER at the hospital, Law Enforcement, Military and Fire Departments today so that you can enjoy this holiday. Thank you!!

07/04/2023

Happy 4th from Muddy Water Dive Team 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️

12/25/2021

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas and Blessings for 2022 from your friends at Muddy Water Dive

12/22/2021

Got a call about noon today, a gentleman dropped his wallet of a dock at Lake Stamford yesterday in about 10-12 feet of water. Sounded like a piece of cake recovery, but not so quick, it was a zero visibility dive, (what I affectionately call diving by braille), and the bottom was a soft layer of mud 12-15” deep, oh and water temp was 51*F. After over 70 minutes underwater, (and numb legs and ears), I did not locate the wallet. It was a leather tri-fold with lots of plastic in it, not sure how far it would drift or how deep it would sink in the mud. Went down for another 20 minutes, now whole body numb but no luck. I will be going back soon, I hate not finding what I am looking for even in total black out. I did find several fishing poles, a camp chair and an iPhone. If I find the wallet I will update the post but as for now the score is wallet 1, Foster 0.

11/21/2021

Working on my first set of "Muddy Water" Corn hole boards. Painting the trademark was more challenging than I thought. Now it just needs 3 or 4 clear coats to seal it good.

10/22/2021

Have a great Friday and stay safe!

10/18/2021

All I can say is wow!
It is been proven out time and time again in the years that I have been old enough, and cared enough to think about it, that the old statement is true, “to enjoy the beauty of some moments, you have to go through a little bit of work, discomfort, labor, or whatever else you want to call it, this morning was one of those times.
Yesterday when we finished diving for the afternoon we decided we would do a night dive, which in this case was really an early morning, while it was still dark and the temperature was 32°, out of the water before sunrise dive. I got up at 5 AM this morning, and as quickly as possible climbed back into my still wet gear from yesterday’s dive. It is hard enough to get back in wet gear, but try doing this in the dark. We got in the water at 5:45 AM, but the 61° water actually felt warm after putting on a wetsuit, hooking your BCD and reg set to a fresh tank of air in 32° temperature air.
This is where that moment I was talking about started. It is a strange sensation to free dissent down to a depth of 80 feet in complete darkness, except for a dive flashlight. It is hard to describe the quietness and stillness of falling weightless down to that depth. We did some technical work on using our computers to determine how long we could stay at different depths and remain in the “no decompression” time. After that we just cruised around the bottom and enjoyed watching the crawdads, who live at that depth go about their early morning business. At one point Dusty and I turned off our flashlights and just sat back and looked up to the surface 80 feet away, where you could just start to make out the skies beginning to lighten before sun-up. This is the second of those moments where are you stop and reflect about the fact that not many people get the opportunity to have that view. A time where it seems like time stops and that a peacefulness that is hard to describe settles over you. It is one of those times where all I can think is wow! It is much like watching the sunrise from a mountain top, or fishing a tank at sun-up when the water is like glass, but maybe more rare. This is the time where it makes all the preparation, training and travel worth it, just for that moment.(Thank you John E. Miller.)Because of the depth we could only stay underwater for just over half an hour, but in someways it seem like hours. You just want to soak it up for ever, but alas we had to surface, knowing what was waiting. Reality sets back in quickly when you have to come out of 61° water back into a now warming 34° and try to peel out of all your wet gear before your hands go numb. Then it is a race back to the hotel to find a hot shower and a good breakfast. What better way to end a weekend, getting to enjoying something that a loving God gave us for that purpose. Peace!
Coachfossa

10/11/2021

Another great day diving for Muddy Water Dive Team at Moonshine Lake Kemp. Was able to locate the phone I was looking for along with a couple of other items that this person had lost off their dock. Let us know if you have items you need for us to dive for. Call 940-256-1754

09/26/2021

Went back to Moonshine Camp Dive Site at Lake Kemp today looking for a submerged iPhone. Found the phone in about 15 minutes and spent the next four hours tooling around this neat Little Cove. This was one of the first developed coves at Lake Kemp when they built it. Lots of cool stuff, old stuff. It is amazing what water and time can do the objects. Visability was only 2 to 4 feet at 30 feet, but it was a very good relaxing day of diving for this old guy. It is so cool how friendly people are when you’re at the lake and today was no exception. Very friendly group of about 12 people from Wichita Falls, Holliday area, enjoying a beautiful day at the lake. Passed out some business cards for Muddy water dive team and promised them I’d be back if they called.

09/16/2021

Got a call from a gentleman up at Lake Kemp north of Seymour, he had dropped a pair of prescription sunglasses off his dock in approx 20-25 ft of water over at Moonshine Camp. He had dropped a SMB in the place where he thought it went in. He also mentioned that over the last 10 years he had place 100 Christmas trees around this dock so glasses maybe in some of the trees underwater. Well they wereunder an entaglement of christmas trees and lots of fishing lines and hooks galore. I had to use my line cutters about a dozen or more times to stay untangled or hooked. Found the glasses pretty quickly and asked if there was any other objects he would like for me to locate. He said he had been at the location for over thirty and so there were probably a few fish poles down there, so I decided I would see what was down there arround the rest of the dock. A few was a major under statement. After about 30 minutes of diving I have recovered 14 different rod and reel combos, 2 hammers and a minnow trap. It was a good day to dive and a great place to dive, so all in all another successful recovery for Muddy Water Dive Team. Call us if we can help you locate lost items in the water. 940-256-1754

09/15/2021

Super proud of the work Casey has put in toward becoming a professional Diver/ Divemaster. It is starting to pay off.

Another Science of Diving completed.

09/15/2021

Recovery of a trash truck. Helping out JD Wrecker Service.

09/15/2021

Possible lay-out for new business cards. Coming soon!

09/13/2021

09/13/2021