Sounds familiar...there are lots of strip pits in Southern IL that are either like that or were until someone worked on them. Being from the area we used to 'strip pit hop' from one to another fishing. You'd have 2-3 in a row that were chock full of fish then one with visibility at like 25 feet and nothing in it at all!

Sounds like you've got the makings of a great place there Hambone!

Dale

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