Wildcat Creek
Knop Lake to Wildcat Park.......13.8-miles
Saturday May 29th
Knop Lake PAS.......10:00 AM
The Meeting Location will be the Knop Lake PAS on Our Wildcat Creek (Directions Below). The Meeting Time will be 10:00-AM. Our Trip will be
13.8-miles to Wildcat Park. There will be a Short-timer option of
9.0-miles to Mi-So-La Landing.
The Wildcat @ Owasco Gauging Station was showing 243-cfs this
morning (Monday). With a little rain thru this week, the flow should remain fairly steady. 180-200-cfs Owasco is my Comfortable Minimum Flow.
The Weather Girls have posted Sunny & mid-80's for Saturday.
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Directions to Knop Lake Public Access Site J
Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer Page 32-33:
1) From US-31, south of Kokomo, head West on SR-26.
About 4-¼ miles west of Rossville, turn RIGHTâ onto CR 900-W;
This is just after the town of Edna Mills; watch for Green Sign to "Pyrmont".
Go to NEXT…
2) From I-65 at Lafayette, head East on SR-26.
Approximately 7-½ miles East of the Interstate, turn áLEFT onto CR 900-W;
This is 1.7-miles after the Village of Petit, and 1-mile after the County Line.
Watch for Green Sign to "Pyrmont".
Go to NEXT…
NEXT… in 2-½ miles turn RIGHTâ on CR 650-S (Church on Left).
The entrance to Knop Lake State Fishing Area is on the LEFT in ½-mile.
Go slow; you can easily miss the Entrance Sign, in a wooded area, going downhill.
Follow the Gravel Road past the Pond, keeping to the LEFT at every Fork,
until you reach a DNR Sign that indicates the Knop Lake Public Access Site.
Take the Fork to the RIGHTæ, which goes steeply down the hill to the
Parking Area below the damn. There is gravel parking for about 15 vehicles, and a paved Ramp down to the Water.
For Navigation Systems:
7501-7511-W CR 650-S, Rossville, Indiana 46065
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"As always, if you need additional directions, reply to this email and ask,
or call the night before, if time is short...765-628-3155.
And, Muskrat will be listening to his cell phone
as soon as he leaves the Boat Shed
on the morning of the Trip...765-432-6782"
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P.S........Don't forget Muskrat's "7PM Rule". If something goes really bad and a Trip must be canceled,
I will post that Cancellation by an email Newsletter not later than 7PM the Night Before The Trip. If you feel there is something
going on that might cancel the Trip, check your emails sometime AFTER 7PM the evening before the Trip.
If there is no announcement, Muskrat (or one of his Associate Trip Leaders) will arrive at the Put-in at the appointed time.
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See You On The River,
Muskrat
