The-Great-Dismal-Swamp-112,000 acres

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 15, 2012 at 9:54am

The group had great dialogue on "catch and release" beliefs and theories.....I just hope we as a group show the same passion about places like this because you can't replace them when they're gone......I never have to catch many fish to enjoy an outing because of the setting......You just wander if George Washington caught a bluegill when he passed through this lake.........

Comment by dick tabbert on February 15, 2012 at 9:45am

Jeffrey I can imagine that. Great picture as always.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 15, 2012 at 9:41am

Don't do it David....Mother Nature made this picture, not a camera.......A natural lake discovered in the 1600s.....the only enemy here is low oxygen from time to time depending on rainfall and other weather impacts such as hurricanes and forest fires.....Lake is surrounded by remote Cypress swamps so it's full of Bald Eagles and Black Bears to name a few......Can you say apex predators.....longnose gar and bowfin are plentiful with a deepest point of six to eight feet......

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 14, 2012 at 10:56pm

Beautiful - just grand. Im tossing my camera over the side next time out.

Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on February 14, 2012 at 8:44pm

 Look over there by thoses cypress knees , I just saw a 2lb'er jump, he's waiting for taste morsal with a hook in it, Laugh at me will you , taste the steel in my hook ,if you think thats funny,you'll look good on my wall!

Comment by bobby emory on February 14, 2012 at 7:29pm

another must fish....lake drummond warmouth by those cypress knees hmmmm

Comment by Tony Livingston on February 14, 2012 at 6:52pm

I agree, that is hauntingly beautiful.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 14, 2012 at 6:45pm

Not far from Suffolk, Virginia Jim.....on the shores of Lake Drummond.....This 112.000 acres , 3.100 of it being Lake Drummond, has been free of Cypress logging since legislation passed in North Carolina and Virginia in 1974...I'm so glad I'll be able to take my grandchildren out here to see these creations!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on February 14, 2012 at 6:39pm

This is just spectacular!!! Gotta' feature!

Comment by Derrick Bustle on February 14, 2012 at 5:50pm

beautiful.