Cove Names/Structure Map?

[Cos]

Hello All-
A few years back I had come across a map of the lake that contained all of the places that the different structure had been placed around the lake and I believe it had the cove names as well.  Does anyone have a link to that map or know where I may have seen that?  I have searched and searched and can't seem to find it again.

It may have even been two different maps (one with structure type/locations and one with cove names), but my end goal is to have a map that I can use to identify the coves by name and what structure might be in that cove.  

Thanks in advance for any help.  Tight lines!

[icemole]

You can find the "structure" map on the PFBC page www.fishandboat.com/Resource/Habitat/Documents/lakePlans/marsh_creek.pdf No cove names or contour lines, but they do give GPS locations. 30yrs ago there was a contour map out don't remember if that had cove names on it(don't think so)

[icemole]

  Forgot this..... still no cove names but the DNRC(park) also has a contour map that shows the "structure" no GPS locations though.    www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_20031001.pdf

[Cajun Caster]

I remember they had large maps at Gordon's. Black print on white paper. Really good, but not sure if they have any now. I have not gotten an updated version since the new structure was added a few years ago. I kind of "drew" it in while it was being added.

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[zigtherat]

This is great info! Thanks guys!

[wader105]

this is why this board is sooooooo good!!! you guys come with the goods and FAST!!!

at least one map i've never seen before but all excellent - thanks my brothers.

just an observation for you boaters/yakkers - when you're beating the shoreline and not getting any hits, look where you're boat is positioned. you're likely sitting right on top of one of those spider cribs or porcupine structures, not to mention the obvious pilings that you've moored your boat against. check your electronics and move your boat out from the shoreline and pound these structures with small, finesse worms. same is true for inside/outside of the grass mats. move your boat out and cast to the mats.

one more time - thanks for the excellent maps/info. much appreciated.

[seaeaglecaptain]

Yes these maps are all great, especially for those of us without electronics to help in locating structure and depth changes. Question regarding those deeper depths - 20ft+ - in your experience and use of electronics, when the water heats up, do the bass hold up along these deep shelfs and are these areas in open water the place to be fishing? Beating the banks tends to slow down in the post spawn it seems. Just curious if folks put a lot of time in at those depths and have success.

[Cos]

All-
Thanks so much for your posts. This is tremendously helpful. I'm yak fisherman with no electronics so having an idea as to where I'm heading before I hit the water is great.

Thanks, again.

[Cos]

May 23, 2017 16:12:35 GMT -5 icemole said:

You can find the "structure" map on the PFBC page www.fishandboat.com/Resource/Habitat/Documents/lakePlans/marsh_creek.pdf No cove names or contour lines, but they do give GPS locations. 30yrs ago there was a contour map out don't remember if that had cove names on it(don't think so)

icemole...this is the exact map I was looking for. It has the cove names at the very end of each cove and all the structure as well. Thanks so much.

[icemole]

So it does I didn't even notice that ... LOL

[wader105]

does anyone know who the coves are named for? carpenter's, willie's, mccurdy's? any good stories associated with the naming?

[bassfever]

just an observation for you boaters/yakkers - when you're beating the shoreline and not getting any hits, look where you're boat is positioned. you're likely sitting right on top of one of those spider cribs or porcupine structures, not to mention the obvious pilings that you've moored your boat against. check your electronics and move your boat out from the shoreline and pound these structures with small, finesse worms. same is true for inside/outside of the grass mats. move your boat out and cast to the mats.

With a small finesse worm, do you add weight? I assume you do, in order to get the worm down to 10'+. So how much weight do you add? 1/8- 3/16- 1/4?
I really need to learn to do this better. I have no electronics on my yak. Currently using 8# mono.

Thanks,

Tom

[Gsseagle]

Here is a post from member Z06, back in Oct 25 2010 (you can co back in this message board to this time period and read some fabulous posts by this gentleman about the early history of Marsh Creek lake and areas around the lake, before the lake was formed. "Z" was also one of the early bass fisherman to fish and learn the lake with some great info on techniques he used to catch some monster bass regularly.

His post:
Many visitors to the park toss the name " Carpenters Cove" around, but how many know the true origin of the name?

Rhys Carpenter was a Bryn Mawr archaeology professor who resided in the valley before it was lakflooded. He was the resident's leader of the group who vehemently opposed the building of the dam. And as history shows, 95% of people or groups who challenge eminent domain laws, usually loose.

Mr. Carpenter's house was originally built by one of the first residents of the valley and a member of the "Moore Clan", Gideon Moore. The remains of his house foundation, rock walls, brickwork, and other features are surprisingly still intact. He owned 111 acres that spanned the creek that used to run through what now is the cove. ( Jerry Run)

Wiilys cove was named for a local bass fisherman,and early member of Marsh Creek Bass Club. He lived above that cove.
McCurdys cove, If I remember correcly was also named from a local family that lived in that area for many years.
Park cove as I new it by, was called that because it was the cove the park office was located at the mouth of.

[Gsseagle]

Here is another post by "Z06" about the early times before Marsh Creek was built, you might be interested in:


Marsh Creek, originally called the little Brandyine, or the Middle Brandywine ran through the Village of what was once called Milford Mills. Lyndell used to be " Brooklyn"

6 death's occured in the valley in 1945 when old man Finger's row house burned down. In 1937, Alex Meyer murdered a 16 year old girl from Modena & tossed her body down a well that still remains in a remote section of the park. Am I the only one who knows where that is? For his efforts, he received the electric chair.


The old Montrose schoolhouse sat exactly where the dam is currently

The valley's first millionaire, Micheal Murphy built a half mile horse track up along Chalfont Rd. Although you wouldn't know it if you walked through it, it stands out very well on Google Earth. It was built in the late 1800's

The old mansion ruins along Chalfont road where the lake touches the road once belonged to prohibition era gangster Boo Boo Hoff. Boxing promoter, counterfeiter, rumrunner, and one of Capones underbosses.
Among his cohorts and probable guests at the mansion were Lucky Luciano, Frank Nitti, and Nucky Thompson ( of HBO's Boardwalk Empire fame) There were a few other degenerates names I didn't include, I think I might be related to one of them.

All four roads leading into the lake were officially closed at 4:30 p.m. 3/24/72. It took a little over 6 months to fill the lake.
42 houses and more than 70 barns were razed so people in shiny boats could sling spinnerbaits.

The residents waged a lengthy battle against the board of County Commisioners led by Mr. Rhys Carpenter, a retired Bryn Mawr archaeology professor. There was a 1964 documentary called " decision at Marsh Creek" Well, we all know how that one turned out.

The above info is taken from my personal fairly extensive collection of Chester County History books, memorized many times over and now re-gurgitated to the fishing public. I take none of the credit for any research. There's tons more.