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- about a half mile long, averaging 50 yards wide and up to 25 foot deep. Old strip mine lake.
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Hi everyone,
I just bought a house on an approximately 8 acre lake. It is a half mile long, skinny lake. It has some water around 25 feet deep towards the mid section and I would guess a lot of water 8 to 12 feet. The North end is under 6 foot deep with tons of weeds and pads. It seems to have a nice variation of water depths, many areas are shaded and I am told the water stays pretty cool in the summer.
I only had a couple opportunities to fish (Fall) as I was very busy… Continue
I just bought a house on an approximately 8 acre lake. It is a half mile long, skinny lake. It has some water around 25 feet deep towards the mid section and I would guess a lot of water 8 to 12 feet. The North end is under 6 foot deep with tons of weeds and pads. It seems to have a nice variation of water depths, many areas are shaded and I am told the water stays pretty cool in the summer.
I only had a couple opportunities to fish (Fall) as I was very busy… Continue
Posted on January 14, 2009 at 8:55am — 1 Comment
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