On 22 Dec 2006 06:59:02 -0800, "Thundercat"
wrote:



On Dec 22, 12:50 am, "Dan, danl, Redbeard uh Greybeard now"
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:34:10 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Dan, danl, Redbeard uh Greybeard now" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:06:36 -0500, Thundercat
wrote:

Today I was driving around on business in an area that I do not
normally cover. Yes, I have a GPS. Yes, I know how to use it. Needless
to say, I got lost. This is what I found:

http://www.djdazz.com/lostandfound.jpg(high res large file)
http://www.djdazz.com/lostandfoundsmall.jpg(low res smaller file)

The pictures are a (poorly) self-made panoramic.

This place is not on ANY map I have seen. I do not know the age of
this place. Talking to locals, there are fish in it. I am going to
call the municipality tomorrow to see what local regulations there
are, if any for fishing this puddle. It has about 4'-6' of visibility,
slight green stain and the feeders that I saw leading to it still had
lots of healthy moss & snot grass. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

.
Harry J
http://www.djdazz.com
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
http://secretweaponlures.com

Old sand and gravel quarry?

The scale is misleading. Look more closely at it.It looks smaller than some I've seen and larger than others. Some
have cliffs, some don't. Some have feeder creeks, some don't. Some
are now great recreation areas, you guessed it didn't ya, and some
aren't. Still looks like an old sand/gravel quarry to me.

How bout it Harry, what is it?





--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com-

This is odd. I didn't see any of these replies in my regular news
reader, yet here they are plain as day in Google groups. Go figure...

Nevertheless, it's an old quarry of some sort. Very sheer drops-offs
into deep water from every vantage point I walked (from the picture POV
to the buildings visible on the right). I am sure if I take more time I
will be able to find the roadbed that leads into the depths. I think it
will be interesting to find out the history & details of this puddle.

Harry J aka Thunder'Google'Cat
http://www.djdazz.com
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
http://secretweaponlures.com


Cool beans. Old quarries can be great for fishing. A place to find
them is on county issued plat map books that counties around here sell
for charities. They give the current owners name. The locations
given make it easy to look up on the tax records to get contact info.

There was one in a community I lived in when the kids were growing up.
All the kids used to sneak in and catch large panfish there. A few
times the cops brought my kids and their bikes home with a stern
warning. I never fished it because I could not get permission and
didn't want to pay the fine for trespassing.

Good luck fishing it!