# Lake id? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 18, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972 "2015-02-18T03:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/1 "2015-02-18T03:33:46Z")
[Here is the opening sequence (and a little more)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GNPfVo1yhU) of an obscure 1960s movie called [The Road Hustlers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063512/combined). It was filmed mostly in central South Carolina near Lake Murray. I’ve been trying to id the lake shown in the opening sequence, but I have not been able to place it anywhere in North or South Carolina–so possibly it’s inserted stock footage. Any ideas??? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/2 "2015-02-18T15:37:51Z")
You could try to superego the lake instead. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/3 "2017-08-02T18:22:06Z")
OK, I’m bumping this based on the success of the earlier ‘Lake id’ thread. It’s probably in South Carolina–but not necessarily. But dog-gone if I can find any lake that matches it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/4 "2017-08-02T18:38:12Z")
Any reason to assume that it _isn’t_ [Lake Murray](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Murray/@34.1094119,-81.3284034,14448m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f886f3ae2042b1:0x32bd64396f0c3390!8m2!3d34.0534057!4d-81.2628961)? I haven’t found any spot that matches it specifically, but the general appearance is about right, and the exact shape could have changed in several decades. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/5 "2017-08-02T23:11:32Z")
That other lake question was answered in under three hours. If we answer this one, it’s gonna kill our average time. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/6 "2017-10-16T20:28:55Z")
I suspect this is probably the [North Saluda Reservoir](https://www.google.com/search?q=north+saluda+reservoir&safe=strict&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi37aiO_fXWAhXCTCYKHV0MBaAQ_AUICygC&biw=1422&bih=1020) in northeastern South Carolina. Found it completely by accident. Rather small in comparison to most of the other nearby lakes (only a little over 1000 acres), so it was going to be hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/7 "2017-10-16T20:42:03Z")
Yep, [that’s](https://youtu.be/2GNPfVo1yhU?t=3) [it](https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1485546,-82.4177721,15z/data=!3m1!1e3). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/8 "2017-10-16T20:45:20Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > You could try to superego the lake instead. **Moderator Note** Please refrain from joke answers before factual answers have been provided. No warning issued. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/9 "2017-10-16T20:57:40Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Moderator Note** > > Please refrain from joke answers before factual answers have been provided. No warning issued. Quick catch! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/10 "2017-10-16T21:36:53Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Quick catch! I bet **John DiFool** would have been quite surprised at receiving a warning were one to be issued 30 months after the post 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/11 "2017-10-16T22:32:43Z")
I tried to fish Lake Id, but it was too polluted. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/12 "2017-10-17T03:36:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Moderator Note** > > Please refrain from joke answers before factual answers have been provided. No warning issued. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator You’re not serious, are you? You are issuing a mod note on something posted over two years ago? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/13 "2017-10-17T13:53:24Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > You’re not serious, are you? You are issuing a mod note on something posted over two years ago? :rolleyes: What’s the statute of limitations of a warnable misconduct in GQ? There isn’t one, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-id/712972/14 "2017-10-17T13:57:31Z")
The gears grind slowly but inexorably.