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China Lake Naval Weapons Center, China Lake

editor — Fri, 26 May 2017 18:18:27 +0000

Covering over 1700 square miles yes, Top Secret America site #2 is larger than Rhode Island! this is where the Navy tests and develops secret airborne weapons systems. In 1943, the Navy needed lots of land to test its new carrier-based airplanes and the bombs they carry. They found it about 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles, in a section of the Mojave Desert sandwiched between the Sierra Nevada mountains and Death Valley. The facility gets its name from the dry bed of China Lake, and encompasses most of the Coso Range, a group of volcanic mountains and cinder cones

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China Lake

editor — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:36:00 +0000

Key Species: brown trout, occasional salmon, occasional lake trout, occasional brook trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, white perch, pickerel Best Way to Fish: canoe, bank, boat Best Time to Fish: May through September MAG: 13, B-3 Description: This 3,922-acre lake is located just outside Augusta, Maine’s capital city. The wide variety of species present makes China Lake a popular destination for Maine anglers. Hilly farmland and lakeside camps ring the shoreline, and the lake has a maximum depth of 85 feet. The shoreline may be crowded in springtime, during the white perch run, but boaters rarely experience crowded conditions. China

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