Depth ?

[tbrown]

The more I check into this the more excited I get. The larger ones seem to be the shallowest 10-15. Some of the smaller ones are 1-5 acres and would be more to my leaning. The biggest problem is that developers have found out about this too, and waterfront property is brutal. The bigger ones are in the 7 figure range, so that pretty much puts me out. I figure 5 acres is plenty big enough to play, although I'm hoping more for price. The DNR is the actual owner of the quarry and the rights under it, but the land surrounding it is open season. I don't know what they would say about a platform, fish cribs or other goodies, but I figure playing dumb has always served me in the past. I mean gosh, how could I know some renegades sank a boat and a bunch of other stuff in the water. ;D Heck, they seem to let farmers dump all kinds of stuff so I'm hoping it won't be a problem. If I wind up pulling it off, I will sell my house and build a new one on the property so it literally will be my backyard. I very rarely go deeper than 40 feet either, so the depth factor isn't a deal killer, it would just be nice to be able to go deeper for training/practice. I'd thought of the water quality issue, but I beleive that would fall to the DNR to take care of, but I'd better check to be sure. The biggest problem I can see will be staying out of a bidding war, but I still think it's doable. Of course it will certainly make it harder to justify getting any more gear for awhile.