A Trip to Brookville Lake (Brookville, Indiana)

July 11, 2009 by Michael Kilby  
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This past weekend my girfriend and I went over to Brookville Lake to take some pictures and hike around. Brookville Lake is a 5,260 acre lake populated by fisherman and pleasure boaters alike. While I’m from Ohio and mostly fish those lakes I have fished Brookville lake a few times for bass but unforunately the catches were few and far between. Now I’m not saying it’s not a good fishing lake it’s just the fishing pressure is enormous with boats lined up in the bays and coves along the shoreline. To those who know the lake well, I’m sure they do just fine. But as I said this trip was just some sightseeing. We found out we both spent  lot of time here in our younger... [Read more of this post]

A Day At Houston Woods State Park

May 4, 2009 by Michael Kilby  
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Below are some recent photos of a trip to Houston Woods State Park in Ohio, home of  Acton Lake. Being that I live not too far away this was just a quick trip to check out the lake and do a little sightseeing. We first went down to the docks and of course seen the ducks having a field day. There were also a couple of families alongside the shore enjoying some quality fishing time.  Moving over to the boat storage area you could see dozens of sailboats ready just waiting to be launched in the coming weeks. My girlfriend is into mushroom hunting (which I’ve never done) so we spent a little time in the woods looking around. We were not lucky that day but we did meet a few people who had... [Read more of this post]