Okhissa Lake Now Open for Pleasure Boating

Before Last Saturday, the 24th of May, if you lived in central Franklin County and wanted to spend time on a lake knee boarding, tubing or skiing, your first stop would have been the fueling station. Now that Okhissa Lake, the Homochitto National Forest Lake known for fishing, has opened the lake to pleasure boating getting cool and having fun is much easier.

"In the past we had to drive a good hour to get to a decent lake," said Shane Clanton of Meadville. Shane and his son Stone were among the first boaters to enjoy the clear waters at Okhissa on opening day.

Homochitto Forest Rangers announced the ski area opening date last week. In an effort to promote safety the rangers ask that skiers stay inside the buoyed ski zone and to maintain a safe speed while traveling a counter clockwise direction around the ski area.

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