Another One Of Trav's Crazy Ideas....

[Trav]

I noticed someone has been setting up some old pallets along the shore for fish habitat. Pretty smart thinking if you ask me. There are a lot of advantages to having the water so low and establishing habitat is definitely one of those things. I have been trying to cut out old trotlines and fishing line since there is so much of it visible. Wish I had a bigger boat so I can pick up all those old tires scattered all over the lake. I bet if a couple of savvy guys with a big pontoon could collect all the tires, there would be close to a hundred of them in the Lindley Arm alone to build a reef. If I had the chance I would gather them all up and tie them together along one of the now shallow sand bars. Stack them five high and fill them up with big rock. If you space them about three feet apart you would have a thirty-foot long wall for summer shade.

Heck, I have a buddy who has an old fourteen-foot flat bottom boat which can be used as a tow barge to stack all the tires on if anyone wants to help me build a wall this winter. Might be fun! Any takers? I haven’t even been up the Pomme arm since they lowered the water. I can bank money there will be even more tires to stack and fill with rock. Might be nice to give those bass some shade for the hot months and give us some easy cover to work. The lake is supposed to stay low for another couple months. Shouldn’t take more than a few Saturdays…..

[conman]

Trav,

Interesting thought. You are truely ate up with this hobby, I love it.

You may wanna check with theh corp before doing this. Even though you are just "moving" the tires, they could consider it dumping when you add them to your reef.

Chris

[Trav]

Trav,

Interesting thought. You are truely ate up with this hobby, I love it.

You may wanna check with theh corp before doing this. Even though you are just "moving" the tires, they could consider it dumping when you add them to your reef.

Chris

I called the Hermitage Corp office this morning. They said there is going to be a clean up project this weekend to pick the tires up. I am expecting a call later today as to whether those tires can be used for this purpose. Will let you know what I find out.

[Dutch]

You may have to remind them that the state pulled all of the breaker tires out of State Park on Stockton and dumped them in the marina cove.

[Trav]

I talked to the Corp and they have decided to remove all tires and have banned future use of tires. The state are the ones setting up those wooden pallets.

[MOPanfisher]

I talked to the Corp and they have decided to remove all tires and have banned future use of tires. The state are the ones setting up those wooden pallets.

Trav: I have mentioned that idea before to MDC and a few others who have tried it in the past. The MDC doesn't want the tires permanently placed into the lake due to environmental concerns over leaching of chemicals out of the rubber. Yes I know they will be in the water anyway. Also after talking to others about how hard the things are to work with I am not sure I even want to try. I originally wanted to bolt them together and place them in mats in places that were prone to shoreline erosion and fill with gravel to hold the bank in place. But again its been done before and eventually the bolts pull through the tires and it alll comes apart.

PS I was the one you talked to this morning on the phone, I just became of member of this site so I could post some ramp information, but will do it in a new post.

[DChance]

You may have to remind them that the state pulled all of the breaker tires out of State Park on Stockton and dumped them in the marina cove.

Does the MDC have to post the location of these? Trav, would you be willing to share the locations?

[Trav]

Trav: I have mentioned that idea before to MDC and a few others who have tried it in the past. The MDC doesn't want the tires permanently placed into the lake due to environmental concerns over leaching of chemicals out of the rubber. Yes I know they will be in the water anyway. Also after talking to others about how hard the things are to work with I am not sure I even want to try. I originally wanted to bolt them together and place them in mats in places that were prone to shoreline erosion and fill with gravel to hold the bank in place. But again its been done before and eventually the bolts pull through the tires and it alll comes apart.

PS I was the one you talked to this morning on the phone, I just became of member of this site so I could post some ramp information, but will do it in a new post.

Thanks for calling me back. It is always good to ask for permission and/or research before doing wild ideas..haha. If I did everything which crosses my crazy head I might have quite the list of ammo people could use against me for a good laugh.

[Trav]

Does the MDC have to post the location of these? Trav, would you be willing to share the locations?

I am all about the info..if I had any I would definitely share.

[DChance]

I am all about the info..if I had any I would definitely share.

Sorry, I meant any info on the location of the palletes MDC is putting in along shorelines.