ISSY or ISN'T HE LbNA #19644
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Add Location| Owner: | Cosmic Holly
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| Plant date: | Dec 10, 2005 |
| Location: | Barlow Rd and Ponderosa Dr |
| City: | Lake Isabella |
| County: | Kern |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | PenGwen
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| Found by: | CA Breakfast Burritos |
| Last found: | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFOFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 23, 2024 |
8/23/24 - This box has been recarved and moved to a new location with permission from Gwen after being lost for several years to dam maintenance.
Scotland has the Loch Ness monster “Nessy”, China has its Lake Tianchi monster, Canada has “Ogopogo”, and “Champ” is the monster in Lake Champlain. The local fishermen of Lake Isabella think that “Issy” is a giant catfish or maybe a sturgeon. Several times fishermen have caught something very large while cat fishing, but never has the giant fish been landed. Heavy 60 to 100 pound test line has been used, but it snaps easily after spooling the reel completely. This monster fish always gets away. No one has really seen this fish, but speculation runs high. Supposedly it has razor sharp teeth and may even be related to the piranha. Some say it grew from a minnow introduced into the lake after the dam was built, and was brought in during the first fish planting. All anyone really knows is that it is big, very very big and has a voracious appetite. Some day the fish will be caught, but until that day you can find one proposed image of this monster fish.
Head to Launch 19 Boating Site at the intersection of Barlow Rd and Ponderosa Dr along Lake Isabella. Park in the upper parking lot in the north corner with a "launch parking only" sign and handicapped parking sign right next to each other. Box is in the end of the guard rail running north to south.
Scotland has the Loch Ness monster “Nessy”, China has its Lake Tianchi monster, Canada has “Ogopogo”, and “Champ” is the monster in Lake Champlain. The local fishermen of Lake Isabella think that “Issy” is a giant catfish or maybe a sturgeon. Several times fishermen have caught something very large while cat fishing, but never has the giant fish been landed. Heavy 60 to 100 pound test line has been used, but it snaps easily after spooling the reel completely. This monster fish always gets away. No one has really seen this fish, but speculation runs high. Supposedly it has razor sharp teeth and may even be related to the piranha. Some say it grew from a minnow introduced into the lake after the dam was built, and was brought in during the first fish planting. All anyone really knows is that it is big, very very big and has a voracious appetite. Some day the fish will be caught, but until that day you can find one proposed image of this monster fish.
Head to Launch 19 Boating Site at the intersection of Barlow Rd and Ponderosa Dr along Lake Isabella. Park in the upper parking lot in the north corner with a "launch parking only" sign and handicapped parking sign right next to each other. Box is in the end of the guard rail running north to south.