Clear Lake ??

 Anyone know info fishing this lake in Spartansburg. Know it was drained 25 yrs or so ago & can get weedy & 10' at the deepest but that's 'bout it. Thinkin" 'bout buying a place next to the lake for canoeing.
 
Thanks,
crappy

 Thanks, That's about what I thought when I saw all the buggies in the area. A Amish girl that was walking the trail said the same better yrs. ago & the weeds. Too bad it would be a very short carry with a canoe from the house. Nice saw mills in the area. If you don't mind me asking do you like the area in general & any nice streams & lakes around that u like.
 
Thanks again,
    crappy

Nothin like hitting piles of roadapples and flippin em into the bow as you tow your boat. Those boomboxes drown out the Amish singing to their horses, shame too, sum them boys can sing.

On a more serious note, Bings would you say the land value has increased, since the influx of Amish? Land in my area sells before a realtor can drive his sign post in the ground.

I know of a nice little home built less then three years ago, three bedroom & (?) baths with full basement and a buggy house with loft.  Realtor says the place is fully wired to the utility boxes with a 200 amp panel (no breakers), no meter box but ready for electrical service to be installed from the pole (across the road).  I honestly don't know if there is plumbing to or in the house.  It's a nice looking place from the outside and comes with fully functional cloths drying  line just off the front porch.  There is no land, other than the lot the home sits on so the occupants had to find other work which was logging and sawyers.  Apparently with only one stationary mill and three portable mills operating in the area there was not enough work available so the family pulled out, leaving the home empty.  I hear, this family was part of a 6 family clan, all leaving the area.
 
As for permits and inspections, I can't say if the builder (Amish I would imagine) needed to apply for either.  I do know in my humble little Twp, no permit is required provided a structure falls below so many sq. ft. and I suppose with no plumbing and electric there would be no need for inspection.
 
There's not a trip to town when my wife will say "look another barn" and I will chuckle and say yep, Jesus was a carpenter and thus is every Amish man so they build, and when they finish building they begin building something else.
 
Land value did increase in my area being there is no vacant land for sale, as when it becomes available, the Amish or a English grain farmer is gonna scoff it up.  Yes even swamp land, if there is enough area to build a house and pasture a horse and it don't need to be on the same side of the swamp.  Hay is beginning to become a commodity worth cutting,  most tillable fields are used for crops such as corn and soybean.
 
So long story short, other than the Amish can clean out a lake of it's fish, or completely eradicate an area of it's stupid white tailed deer, in addition to giving away all the organic fertilizer one might use (of course you must shovel it from the road in front of your house (but the shipping is always FREE!)) I would recommend purchasing a residence in or near a Amish community but only after, I learned of the builder, wired or not.

 We decided on another place near Linesville instead. Only 10 min. from the house loaded with tools & materials for easy access. We like the area & only a hr. from home (deal breaker) Small crick/spring on property (Chubs/Minnow storage) Gonna go change the locks today & take some measurements. Liked the place next to  Clear Lake & the taxes up there are as cheap as can get but just a little too far a drive as we ain't gettin' any younger.
 
Thanks again.

Yes Congrats Crappiefisher.... I’m sure you can’t wait to start enjoying it 👍

 It's actually my sons & helping him out. Only 10 min. from the other place (deal maker in my mind) So I can kick him out whenever he gets on my nerves & only a short dist. for him to come & go.
 
Thanks,
crappy
 
gotta go