Geist Reservoir

[idbefishing]

Make no mistake, I DO NOT OWN PROPERTY ON EITHER OF THOSE LAKES. I just understand the situation. Let look at it from those property owners perspective. How would you feel after you've spend a million bucks or more for one of those properties. The exact same thing wouldn't worth that much if it wasn't on those lakes.

[bassman409]

Make no mistake, I DO NOT OWN PROPERTY ON EITHER OF THOSE LAKES. I just understand the situation. Let look at it from those property owners perspective. How would you feel after you've spend a million bucks or more for one of those properties. The exact same thing wouldn't worth that much if it wasn't on those lakes.

What you say is fine but that lake is my water source. It is used to supply water to Indy areas. That's what I mean when I say that should be a public watershed. Those people need to go build their own lake and use it, that lake is our water, period.

[idbefishing]

Geist reservoir doesn't belong to the public. It's own by the water company, you do pay for your water don't you? If it's public water then you wouldn't be paying. It's not your water. The founder of the water company bought 5000 acres of land to built it.

[bassman409]

Geist reservoir doesn't belong to the public. It's own by the water company, you do pay for your water don't you? If it's public water then you wouldn't be paying. It's not your water. The founder of the water company bought 5000 acres of land to built it.

Wow, you really know a lot about this lake. Every idiot around knows it is owned by the water company. Obviously you didn't understand my statement. If it doesn't bother you that they use your fishing liscence moneys to put a DNR boat on that lake that's ok, but it is not ok with me. In every other case there is a DNR ramp to get on those lakes. I can remember about 25 years ago I used to line up on Fall Creek road and wait for them to open and put the boat in, those were better times.

[RKH]

Geist reservoir doesn't belong to the public. It's own by the water company, you do pay for your water don't you? If it's public water then you wouldn't be paying. It's not your water. The founder of the water company bought 5000 acres of land to built it.

I am old enough to remember when you could walk all the way around Geist and Morse and Never be trespassing on a homeowners property. The way I heard it was when the Water Co. aquired the property for both G&M, part of the agreement was that houses were never to be built on either reservoir. BUT, some big wigs at the Water Co. formed a Corporation (if memory serves me I think it was Shorwood Corp.) and started buying property from the WC (water company) around the lakes. Because the land no longer was owned by the W C, they were able to develope it and all became very rich.
Urban legend or fact? You research it.

[SkeeterB]

Anyone fishing the WRBM Open on Geist in two weeks?

[basspro78]

I will be there fishing it. First tournament of the year hope the weather holds up some.

[bassman409]

I will be there fishing it. First tournament of the year hope the weather holds up some.

I wonder what was going on there this last Saturday, the parking lot was full of trucks and bass boat trailers. Must have been some sort of tourny going on. i wonder what the weights were.

[basspro78]

No tournament going on just a bunch of people enjoying the good weather and the tuff wind. I was out there from how I did and how I herd from everyone not to good, but felt good to be out fishing.