Business owner protects lake that provides for him Anchorage Inn owner is founding member of Inguadona Lake Association By Travis Grimler Inguadona Lake is a renowned fishery just outside of Longville. Over the years, its bluegill population has attracted the attention of national fishing magazines, and in recent years the fishery has only improved. Jeffrey Knuf said he and other lakes association members have worked long and hard to make sure it stays that way. Inguadona is an important part of Knuf’s life. Not only does he live on the lake, but since 2003 he’s been the proprietor of Anchorage Inn - a bar, restaurant, convenience store and off-sale liquor store situated right on the narrow road between
“There were cabins right on the lake. During high water they would literally have waves blowing up into them.” Jeffrey Knuf
upper and lower Inguadona Lake. Knuf came to Longville when a fellow coworker at American Express, Larry Gavin, agreed to buy the Anchorage Inn with him. “He had a cabin on Big Boy,” Knuf said. “We’d come up fishing all the time
and drive home Sunday night. We thought about what we could do for a living up here so we didn’t have to go back and forth. In 2001, my job was eliminated and I was working as a contractor. I decided I’d look and see if I could find something.”
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