Big Creek
and St. Francis River offer floating and fishing, and there are 18.5
miles of foot and horseback-riding trails. Piedmont Canyon Club has
a lovely 9-hole golf course, a stone clubhouse that was built in the
late 1930s, a large pavilion and swimming pool.
Fishing is available year-round at Clearwater Lake. Anglers
find bluegill, sunfish, catfish, largemouth bass, white
bass, spotted bass, carp and crappie in the lake, and there
are also walleye below Clearwater
Dam in the Black River. MDC is doing
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supplemental stocking and
fishing for this tasty species should pick up in the future. A
bigger paddlefish fishery is also developing on Black River below
Clearwater Dam. Besides natural fish, some
of the 1,500 paddlefish
stocked here by the Conservation Department in years past are
returning for the spring spawning season. Clearwater's bass
are something else. Every third largemouth is over 15 inches, with
many in the lunker category. There's no length limit on Clearwater
bass! Clearwater is also one
of the state's outstanding lakes for catfish!
Fishing,
swimming, water skiing, a nice quiet pontoon ride, or a float trip
down the Black River are enticing activities here. It has 5 main
recreational areas (Bluff View Park, Piedmont Park, Webb Creek Park,
River Road Park and Highway K Park, offering 365 campsites, a group
camp area, swim beaches, boat ramps, numerous picnic sites,
playgrounds, marinas and nature trails.
The
Markham Springs Recreational Area, near Browns Crossing, offers the
restored mill and the spring-fed millpond as its main attractions,
plus picnicking and overnight camping.
Black River's
east, middle and west forks converge just south of Lesterville in
Reynolds County and provide great float trips.
Lon Sanders Canyon has a beautiful 1-mile trail with flowing stream
and waterfalls.
Construction
continues on improvements to the Piedmont Park Recreation Area. There
is a new
swim beach, and additional launch ramps at
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