Butla Habitat day

I'd like to see who all plan to be there and what you will bring. I will be working off of Plantation Point. We'll need a few 4 wheeler to get material down to the flats. We'll need a few boats to drop material in Hurricane, Mussacuna and Cane creek areas. We have a truck load of boo tops there now. I'll have a trailer load of boo stakes and a few christmas trees.
I'd call the COE office about added material delivered to the area tomorrow.

We can plan another work day and habitat day at a later date too.

Your not getting a boat in hurricane or cane and u better be careful trying to get one in mussconi

Ditto on that cane, like I said yesterday ain't no water in hurricane, cane and very little in Mussacuna. Even if go in by boat it will require waders (mucking thru mud) and loading and unloading a bunch of material from a boat. I say we move the stuff by truck if need be, get pleasant hill unlocked go by 4 wheeler and trucks if we don't get tons of rain this week. Other than that, you know I will be there.. then we work southside after lunch.

Whatever would be loaded on boats would be anchored and dropped. Some of it could be shallow or deep.
Is Patton ramp usable? I can drop off the trees and some stakes there. Work from the ramp to the overflow. Work from Plantation point to the overflow and up Wolf creek as far as we wish. Whatever is left we can move it to the south end.
Plan another work day, collect material and work from another point when we can.
I got a notice of a pile of cedar limbs and tops on Tchulahoma, south of Stateline. Would be great if I had an empty trailer.

I'll be there God willing. Where are we going to meet up?I don't have a 4 wheeler.

Meet at the field office, it's south of the spillway on your right, passed the swimming beach.

You better be in shape if u plan on wading around much out there. I got boat stuck today and was was pulling 16 inches of mud with every step. Some of the worst I've seen in all these years of wade fishing

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Originally Posted by bird down

You better be in shape if u plan on wading around much out there. I got boat stuck today and was was pulling 16 inches of mud with every step. Some of the worst I've seen in all these years of wade fishing

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that stuff will give you a work out for sure

Up on the northeast end of Butla there is mud that is like quick sand. I sunk the front end of a pickup one time. Resident said cows have been known to get in it & not able to get out of it. Be careful!

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Originally Posted by canebreaker

Meet at the field office, it's south of the spillway on your right, passed the swimming beach.

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Are you talking about where the field office USE to be? The actual functioning field office is on the north end of the dam now next to the overflow. Has been for two or three years.

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Originally Posted by mississippi

Are you talking about where the field office USE to be? The actual functioning field office is on the north end of the dam now next to the overflow. Has been for two or three years.

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Old field office is what's listed on there web page.

I stopped at Desoto Electric today asking for donations of aluminum wire for saturday. They have my number, hope to get a call tomorrow.

Hope we don't get no more rain this week, rode by the emergency spillway this morning. Of course the flats in the mouth of Hurricane was all mud flats... looks like a man or machine get lost pretty easily in it.

That first cove we were in saturday will seem dry compared to what we'll have this saturday.
Checking my Butla facebook feed lake reading it's been 210.16 to 210.45 for the past week. Will watch the next few days.

211.32 so far today has come up alittle over a half foot today

With the rain we got out here last night it should be coming up some more next 2-4 days.

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Originally Posted by cray

With the rain we got out here last night it should be coming up some more next 2-4 days.

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Do we wad mud or drops from boats? I'll look at it friday.

Up .6 in the last 24 hours.

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Originally Posted by canebreaker

Do we wad mud or drops from boats? I'll look at it friday.

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Slight chance of more rain Friday night into Saturday. I got help coming, hope to work from the banks. No anchoring materials for submerging brush on my end. I think we be okay long as it stays dry the next few days.. let's hope for it. Went from 60% chance yesterday for Saturday down to 40% now.. we'll see.

I am currently planning on being there Saturday. What time is everybody meeting at the field office?


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The note said 7 am, I'll be there about 6:30.

I'm not going to make it. I was informed by my company that we will be working all weekend!:dono

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Originally Posted by rubberduck

I am currently planning on being there Saturday. What time is everybody meeting at the field office?


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Heck yeah!!!

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Originally Posted by SlabLapper4sure

I'm not going to make it. I was informed by my company that we will be working all weekend!:dono

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That's no good, hate to hear it, after all you was one of the 4 that showed to cut and load bamboo on your off day, which seems few and far between. I will share a few coordinates with ya of the cane & stake beds we set out, it's 25% yours as far as I'm concerned :biggrin

The COE delivered wood stakes and anchors at the bottom of the hill at Plantation point. They made some good size ruts driving back up.
There's a mountain of christmas trees and boo stakes waiting for us.
Leaving out in a few.

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Originally Posted by Snubbys

That's no good, hate to hear it, after all you was one of the 4 that showed to cut and load bamboo on your off day, which seems few and far between. I will share a few coordinates with ya of the cane & stake beds we set out, it's 25% yours as far as I'm concerned :biggrin

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You're a good man, Snubbys. I know Steve will appreciate that!:ThumbsUp

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Originally Posted by armyman

You're a good man, Snubbys. I know Steve will appreciate that!:ThumbsUp

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Steve ended up making it after all. Had him, cane, myself, plus a buddy helping. Also got to meet rubberduck and broharrell, we all worked the same area, pleasure meeting you guys. Had a very good turnout, not sure on the exact numbers but I would say 50 give or take a few. We had all the material in the ground at three different work areas by 11am. Sorry no pictures, was either my phone or my handheld gps. Now we just need some rain to cover up the beds and it will be game on.

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Originally Posted by Snubbys

Steve ended up making it after all. Had him, cane, myself, plus a buddy helping. Also got to meet rubberduck and broharrell, we all worked the same area, pleasure meeting you guys. Had a very good turnout, not sure on the exact numbers but I would say 50 give or take a few. We had all the material in the ground at three different work areas by 11am. Sorry no pictures, was either my phone or my handheld gps. Now we just need some rain to cover up the beds and it will be game on.

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Glad to have met everybody today. Now bring on the water and some nice weekends!



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Pleasure to meet you guys too, finally. Hope to see ya'll on the water soon.

It was great to see old friends and meet new ones today. I think we had just enough work for each of us. I didn't know my son and grandson planned to join us today. He woke to a 104 fever, spent most of the day finding a clinic that wasn't busy.
I have house work to catch up on then we can plan something new.