FishwithJD

The web's best fishing magazine

  • Start Here
  • Guided Trips With JD
  • Catch Steelhead
  • Store
  • JD’s Gear
    • Steelhead
    • Kokanee
    • River Salmon Trolling
    • Plug Fishing for Salmon
    • Light Tackle Surf Perch
  • Techniques
    • Bass
    • Boats & Boating
    • Cooking
    • Fly Fishing
    • Salmon
    • Saltwater
    • Shad
    • Steelhead
    • Stripers
    • Sturgeon
    • Trout & Kokanee
You are here: Home / Photos and Video / Underwater Photos/Video / Take a trip to the Bottom of Lake Tahoe…just like the guy in the Godfather did!

Take a trip to the Bottom of Lake Tahoe…just like the guy in the Godfather did!

February 16, 2012 By JD 3 Comments

Lake Tahoe is one of those places that has almost intrigued me. There’s just something about that clear water that inspires one to ponder what might lurk down there. At its deepest point, the lake bed is 1,600 feet beneath the surface. While I couldn’t get down that far, I did get my camera down to 100 feet last summer and had a look around.

Here’s what the guy wearing the concrete shoes in the Godfather may have seen…

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Related

Filed Under: Underwater Photos/Video Tagged With: lake tahoe, mackinaw, underwater video

Comments

  1. Buddy says

    February 16, 2012 at 10:16 am

    awesome!

    Reply
  2. RICO says

    February 16, 2012 at 9:35 am

    Hmmmm…I heard there might be some kokanee swimming around in there too – ever see any of those guys? Ever drop the camera into a ball of fish picked up by your depth sounder?? Tahoe Nessie – ummmm, ok, well don’t laugh, but I heard from a gangster named Rico that that thing is real! He also told me that over by the casinos you might see some unlucky gamblers who couldn’t pay their bills wearing “concrete shoes”…shhhhhhh, you didn’t hear that from me!

    Reply
  3. Paul Nelson says

    February 16, 2012 at 8:56 am

    TO COOL!!!

    Reply

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

JD’s Top Gear Picks

  • Steelhead
  • Kokanee
  • River Salmon Trolling
  • Plug Fishing for Salmon
  • Light Tackle Surf Perch

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Copyright © 2025 Richey Sportfishing