Amen, Cecil and PO. PO, I spent my teens in Terre Haute 25 years ago or so. My friends and I spent many a summer's day swimming in the area's old strip pits - Porky's, 51, Piner's, others whose names I've forgotten. Piner's was my favorite - it was beautiful - until they pumped it dry to strip it again. I never thought to try angling in them, though. I guess the kids still swim in them? Any nice fish in those pits?