# Trying to find a cave with lots of fish! In NE USA.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-cave-with-lots-of-fish-in-ne-usa/777712 "2017-01-21T13:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-cave-with-lots-of-fish-in-ne-usa/777712/1 "2017-01-21T13:45:52Z")

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Hope that title gets people in here 😉

I’m trying to find a cave that I went to with a family friend who is now long gone. We went there I’d say around 20 or so years ago, and I’m thinking it was probably around Pennsylvania, but it could have been anywhere around the New Jersey, New york area.

It wasn’t the Howe caverns as I went there not too long ago. the main thing I remember about this place is that right there was a small, calm, very narrow river that went though the cave system and around it. The river near the cave was completely surrounded by tall stone cliffs, with barely enough room for three canoes to pass each other. The river was protected, so there was no fishing, and the fish were teeming!

Someone put their finger in the water and like 20 of the suckers came flying out.

Any idea what cave system this might have been?

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-cave-with-lots-of-fish-in-ne-usa/777712/2 "2017-01-22T02:39:22Z")

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My bet is Penns Cave.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h0qbjDkfes8/hqdefault.jpg "Penn's Cave") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qbjDkfes8)

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-cave-with-lots-of-fish-in-ne-usa/777712/3 "2017-01-23T00:35:08Z")

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A little bit of a bump just because I’m curious if I’m right. And because if there are other cave systems out there with high fish populations I want to make plans to visit them.

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-cave-with-lots-of-fish-in-ne-usa/777712/4 "2017-01-24T21:27:49Z")

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I’m 99% sure that’s it! Thanks so much Kopek!

Planning a trip there, though it may have to wait till next year when Kin jr is a bit older and could maybe handle a 4 hour car trip. Can’t wait though 🙂