mjeff87 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 The wife and I just spent a week at Smith Mountain Lake out here in the western part of VA. We rented (a VERY affordable) cottage with another couple from PA and spent the week relaxing, drinking, eating, pontoon-ing, and generally being very lazy. It was absolutely gorgeous and we'll be going back many, many more times (it's only 3 hours from our home), especially in the fall when the leaves all change. SML is a man-made lake, damned for hydro-electric power. It has 525 miles of shoreline......and we explored about 250 of them via pontoon Here's a couple pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 what a lovely view! on a side note, I'm not sure if Georgia has a single natural lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manche757 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Very pretty for sure but Pete it is not a natural lake. Relatively recently created, 1963, to generate electricity. Not to be confused with Mountain Lake, also in Virginia, which was the setting for the film Dirty Dancing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 ^^ Pretty sure Pete didn't miss the dam pic. I fished there a few times in the 80's when we lived in VA. We used to call it the Dead Sea as we nearly always got skunked bass fishing. Maybe it's better now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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