[Rhodes22-list] Lake Hartwell, comments thereon...

[John Lock]

At 09:33 AM 11/23/2007 -0800, john Belanger wrote:
>they say that one should take advantage of low water to search for 
>lost gear. anchors, winch handles, masts, fishing gear, etc.

That reminds of a time when I was a kid growing up in upstate NY.  I 
lived about 5 miles from one of the reservoirs that supplied NYC 
drinking water.  Each year it filled with water over the winter from 
snow melt.  Then, all summer long, it was gradually drawn down to 
supply NYC water.  They'd draw it down 20-30 feet (sometimes more) every year.

Each fall, my brothers and I would ride our bikes up to the reservoir 
and hike along the dry bottom near what used to be shore.  All the 
fishing lures we wanted were hanging like ornaments off the dead 
branches of previously-submerged trees & shrubs.  We never had to buy 
our terminal tackle.  It was ready and waiting each year, like clockwork.

Thanks for the flashback JB :-)

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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