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Originally Posted by Sapphireho
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Sure is pretty. Are there fish in that water? I'd be like this every evening.
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Thanks, we love it here. Although we won't be able to stay here as long as we’d like. Property taxes, maintenance and up-grades all cost far more than our meager savings and pensions will cover. But we’ll hold out as long as possible.
We have a huge variety species from small to very large. Most popular are Walleye (Pickerel), small and large mouth Bass. We have Northern Pike and Muskellunge too but there are very strict size limits so when caught most are returned. There’s Sheepshead, Carp as well as Lake Trout too. The biggest fish I ever saw taken was back about 30 years ago when a guy fishing off the bridge hauled up a Sturgeon that was well over 8 feet long. There used to be lots of Sturgeon but over fishing has taken its toll.
When the girls were young we used to fish off the back of our property. Never got anything big as the channel runs on the far side and it is rather shallow on our side. Just as well as well as it meant the girls caught lots of Sun Fish and other similar small varieties. Was great for swimming too. Kids were able to go quite far and it wasn’t over their heads.