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Offline Icenutter

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Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« on: Sep 20, 2005, 07:46 AM »
Not sure how many people this affects, but looks like no ice fishing here for a while.  All daily creel limits have been removed.

http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/newsreleases/2005/opossum.htm
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #1 on: Sep 20, 2005, 08:16 AM »
Thanks for posting this Icenutter. I live about 25 minutes from there and try to icefish it at least once a winter. I may see about helping out in the fish salvage.
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #2 on: Sep 20, 2005, 08:32 AM »
I knew you were down that way along with Byron and a few others, but I thought you would have already heard about it.  Hopefully alot of those fish can be transported to another lake close by.   :-\
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #3 on: Sep 20, 2005, 09:06 AM »
Hey icenutter, Thanks for the info, this is new news to me.
Funny thing is that I've probally fished opossum lake a hundred or so times, yet have never icefished it. Guess I missed my chance :-\
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #4 on: Sep 20, 2005, 10:52 AM »
wheres this lake at

Offline Byron/PA

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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #5 on: Sep 20, 2005, 11:31 AM »
Cumberland county, near Carlise. Please do not ask for directions, I got lost the first fifty or so times I went there.
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #6 on: Sep 21, 2005, 12:27 PM »
This place is damn hard to find! I know i went through the same Byron on this finding this lake. I understand the fishing was good here the last couple of years. That is a ashame. what are they going to do with the fish?
got fish? got beer? anyone see dr beam?

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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #7 on: Sep 22, 2005, 05:40 PM »
what are they going to do with the fish?

They're encouraging folks to keep them... :'(
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #8 on: Oct 25, 2005, 07:50 PM »
They're encouraging folks to keep them... :'(
hello again.- been away for a while. Last I heard was opossum lake is only being drawn down until the leaks in the dam stop.How much of the lake will be left i don't know but there may be some ice fishing this winter.
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Re: Oppossum Lake to be drained indefinately
« Reply #9 on: Oct 26, 2005, 12:24 PM »
Sounds a little more promising!  8)
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