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BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 6:55:42 PM    lepew62   Posts: 266 Joined: 9/5/2009 Status: offline I went to the Ottawa river today, arrived around 9:30, came home about 5. I did go in where I had planned around 3 miles outside of Lima. I waded a little but I was not comfortable with the smell and feel of the water. It had a gray contaminated look, though the bottom was gravel and rock it had a slimy feel. The water even had the feel of slime as the current eddied about my legs. It almost felt as if a velvet glove was constantly wrapping around my legs. I did brave it for a bit then decided better of it, did not see a fish, a crawdad, not even a carp. If you do not see carp things are not good, But I did see a blue heron and a frog. I did not get a close enough look to see if it had 3 eyes. I did find a hard plastic toy, Auburn telephone truck, a few old shards, I will go back but with chest waders this time. After I exited I went to another place in the same river, but it is maybe 5 miles downstream. It was like night and day as far as clarity and ecosystem. On the 3rd cast out I caught a smallmouth bass, plenty of crawdads about, even carp. While walking up thru some fast water I did find the Lima Consolidated Bottling soda pictured. I waded and fished quite a ways before finding more shards. The crock and pottery shards became more numerous, I followed the trail up to a sand spit. It was littered with various glass shards, I followed that upstream to find a bank dump. It was mainly modern trash, baby food jars, modern glass, beers and such. I think that the older stuff is in the river due to the fact the current comes in strong to this bank. I would say it hits the bank from the right at about a 60degree angle. I would guess the largest part of this bank washed out long ago. There are a few deep holes I will try to get into at another time. On the way back down I did find the Hand Med Co. Philly. So that was my long winded excitement for the day, Have a great one people.  Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 6:58:32 PM    lepew62   Posts: 266 Joined: 9/5/2009 Status: offline closer shot of embossing Attachment (1) (in reply to lepew62) Post #: 2

RE: BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 6:59:45 PM    lepew62   Posts: 266 Joined: 9/5/2009 Status: offline Hand Med Co. Philly Attachment (1) (in reply to lepew62) Post #: 3

RE: BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 8:04:46 PM    madman Posts: 10084 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey david, if thats the same ottawa river that runs through toledo its very toxic id stay out of it! im guessing you were fishing for sport? nice bottles be carefull _____________________________ always looking for, Toledo Ohio, Knoxville Tn. milks pharms and sodas, (in reply to lepew62) Post #: 4

RE: BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 11:05:27 PM    lepew62   Posts: 266 Joined: 9/5/2009 Status: offline If I fish to eat I catch em in farm ponds. Not sure if this Ottawa runs that far north. will have to check that out. I think it may run into the Blanchard or Auglaize. (in reply to madman) Post #: 5

RE: BACK FROM THE OTTAWA - 7/27/2010 11:38:18 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 3064 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Thanks for the story and the post. Sounds like a place you could snorkel and find some stuff. Snorkeling was the bridge to me finally starting up scuba diving for bottles. I wouldn't worry much about toxic stuff unless the river is stagnant and there isn't much of a current. But thats just me, I tend to throw caution to the wind in most cases. Good luck finding more things there _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' Dropkick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc (in reply to lepew62) Post #: 6

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