RECREATION
Record Flooding at Indian Lake
Thank you Chuck Longo for these Photos! 
 State docks across from Antonios Restaurant off State Route 366 South |
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The overflow on the south side of Indian
Lake also called the spillway.
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A record 10" of rain fell on the north side of Indian Lake.
Believe It or Not!
HUGE MUSHROOM FOUND!
Linda Scott (pictured below) found this monster
yellow morel while hunting in Logan Co. Ohio. on 5/16/02.
They had it weighed and measured at a local lawn and garden shop. It was 16-1/4"
long 10" in circumference at the stalk and 3/4 Lb with the little bit
of dirt still on it. Linda works at Blackhawk Restaurant on State Route 235
N.
Photos submitted by Joey Tripp.
The first mystery is how it got into Indian Lake in Logan County; the second is its current whereabouts.
The eel has disappeared from the Ohio State Fair, where it was put on display in an 800-gallon aquarium.
Steve Graham, fish-management supervisor for central Ohio, said the eel, a 15-inch-long juvenile female, usually lives in salt water. They can grow up to 40 inches long.
The males remain in saltwater all their lives, but the females come up rivers to lay their eggs. They show up in Ohio once in a great while.
They swim up the Mississippi to the Ohio River and then up the Ohio. From there, they sometimes enter the Miami, Muskingum or Scioto rivers.
This eel, however, was found in Indian Lake, which has no connection to the Ohio or the Mississippi. The Miami River flows out of Indian Lake, but a low-head dam would have prevented the eel from swimming into the lake.
It may have been caught previously by a fisherman who released it into the lake. It was caught by an angler fishing at night using a leech as bait. He turned it over to the Division of Wildlife, Graham said.
Wildlife officials took the eel out to the state fair and put it on display with the other critters in the Natural Resources section. But 20 minutes after it was put in an aquarium, it disappeared.
"It may have wiggled or crawled out of the aquarium, but if it did that, it would be dead by now and we would have smelled it," Graham said. "We believe it is in the 5 inches of water under the floor of the aquarium. We think it's still alive.
"We will check for it there after the fair."
jswitzer@dispatch.com
Caption: Charles Zimkus / Dispatch
Submitted by Ray Wise, Indian Lake
On February 23, 2000 a couple of fisherman snagged this big one from
the waters of Indian Lake. The carp measured 42 inches long and weighed 36 1/2
lbs.!!! They got a real work out hauling it in. It may be a record for the lake.
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