lake property search
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Topic: lake property search
Posted By: Fibersport
Subject: lake property search
Date Posted: February-05-2011 at 10:48pm
| I might be looking for some lake front property in the next year or two and was wondering if anyone could make a suggestion for something about 4 hours maximum from the South suburbs of Chicago. Not looking for anything fancy but would like a decent size lake that is good for skiing, fishing and swimming. Would consider WI, IN, MI or possibly IL. |
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Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: February-05-2011 at 11:39pm
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My brother-in-law lives on Okauchee Lake near Oconomowoc (Milwaukee), WI. He says the number of properties for sale is at the highest level ever. The economy and housing downturn has hit the lake hard and created some good deals. Might be a good time to look there. There is a very nice area for skiing called Ice House Bay. Good fishing up there too.
You may want to check out Delavan Lake also in Delavan, WI. I am waiting for my ship to come in (or to win the lottery) so I can buy a palatial estate on Lake Geneva 
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Posted By: Fibersport
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 3:53am
| Thanks, just the type of info I'm looking for, I'll let my browser do the searching ..... |
Posted By: levinmark
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 2:41pm
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Check out Goose Lake Illinois, its about 1.5 hrs. south of the city and is an old strip mine. We bought our boat from a person who lived on the water. Pretty sweet area, completely private, there is about 6 miles of water to ski and they have a slalom course that is moved around every two weeks so owners dont have the traffic in there back yard constantly. I believe there is a 20ft limit, no wake boats. ------------- levin |
Posted By: tnplicky
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 2:51pm
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I know a couple of folks who have properties in this private development, located near Galesburg, IL http://www.oak-run.com/ - Oak Run
I have skied/wakeboarded with them there on several occasions. On the plus side, very clean water. Cons, the usual weekend recreation boat traffic tears the lake up, some goofy lake rules. |
Posted By: levinmark
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 5:28pm
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Oak Run is definetly a decent place to ski. My aunt and uncle used to own a property there and on the week days the water was great, but as tnplicky said, it gets pretty crazy on the weekends. Its not the largest body of water, but is a fun place to boat. ------------- levin |
Posted By: PAPA
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 6:16pm
| Greg, I have a place in Lk James Estates 140 miles east of Lansing right down I -80 in Angola, In. Plenty of southsiders there as my neighborhood has people from Lansing,Thornton,Homewood,Chicago Heights,Schererville,Dyer,Crown Point,St. John,etc. Some places on the water, some lakeview,and most of them off the water with lake rights. Everyyhing from new homes to older trailers. Association owns about 600 ft of shoreline and uses it for docks, pavilion and swimming beach. Good fishing lake chain that is quiet on week days and busy on weekends. Pokagon State Park is there and owns a lot of shoreline. Hope you check it out. John. |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: February-06-2011 at 7:15pm
John.....I just posted a thread recently about Lake James. Beautiful area and lake. So, do you see a high number of classic Correct Craft's on Lake James, being that Midwest Correct Craft was there for many years? I would love to drive my boat around that lake looking for them. |
PAPA wrote:Posted By: 86BFN
Date Posted: February-07-2011 at 12:48pm
  ------------- 👣 Steve http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4057&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1986&yrend=1986" rel="nofollow - 86 Barefoot Nautique 89 Martinique Former Owner: 93 Hydrodyne 350 MAG |
Posted By: PAPA
Date Posted: February-07-2011 at 8:05pm
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Posted By: Fibersport
Date Posted: February-08-2011 at 2:16am
| Looks like I might have some summer trips to do, thanks everybody. |
Posted By: skicat
Date Posted: February-08-2011 at 11:04am
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Here is a website that has lake property listed. Might take a look on here.
http://www.lakehouse.com/pg.php?pg=index - Lakehouse ------------- Greg http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2427&yrstart=1981&yrend=1985" rel="nofollow - 86 BFN |
Posted By: Nautiquehunter
Date Posted: February-09-2011 at 3:02pm
| I always liked Koontz and Hudson lakes both are off the beaten path and less crowded. Have you tried Clinton lake? Its heated by a nuke plant but doesn't have any waterfront property. |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: February-09-2011 at 7:21pm
wonder if the atomic heater keeps water warm during winter...  ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: Fibersport
Date Posted: February-10-2011 at 1:33am
| Do you know if Hudson Lake has public access? I work for the South Shore and have passed it a few times, always wondered about it. As for Clinton Lake, in Illinois? |
Posted By: C-Bass
Date Posted: February-10-2011 at 12:13pm
Kap, I believe I've read from the Clinton lake gathering thread that the water temp is still in the 90's near the power plant...and I believe it is in late September, where most other lakes around here would be around 70°. Don't know what it would be in the middle of winter? ------------- Craig 67 SN 73 SN http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=6103" rel="nofollow - 99 Sport 85SN |
Posted By: Nautiquehunter
Date Posted: February-10-2011 at 12:26pm
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Hudson lake has a nice ramp behind the restaurant as you get there. Clinton has many access ramps we usually stayed at the state camp ground and launched there. The warm side of the lake is open between April 1 and October 15 last year water temp was 77 degrees on April 2
and still in the mid 80s on October 15. |
Posted By: jepoole17
Date Posted: February-17-2011 at 2:23pm
I have to echo this site recommendation. Lakehouse.come has a really useful notification tool where you can set predetermined price ranges and get daily alerts to ads that fit the bill. You can specify key words (lake names, for instance) to refine the search. We found a great deal at the end of summer 2009 using this site. Our neighbors still can't believe how cheaply we got waterfront property in their neighborhood.
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Posted By: pornautique
Date Posted: February-17-2011 at 10:11pm
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If you are in the lake James area, check out Crooked Lake. They are a half mile apart -not connected- but half as busy on weekends. It has 3 basins the 3rd is awesome for sking,boarding. They both are just off the I80 / I69 intersection. Steuben county has over 100 lakes . 2.5 hours from Chicago. ------------- 90 sport nautique |