Great times and fellowship with these Crappie.com members on this leg of our Bamboo Drop Project. This is part the Tuckertown drop, we did Tuckertown, High Rock, and also Jordan Lake. I had to write a fish study plan and have it approved by Alcoa at the time and NC Wildlife Resource Commission to get their permission. I'll try to pictures of different members if there is any interest from ya'll.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing the memories
I remember that well. I wasn't at the Jordan project and was out of town when brush was dropped in Tuckertown but we got all built in 1 day and most dropped in a day. Great times!
Thanks for sharing this.
I’m curious to know the fishing results on these over the following 5-10 years. Did it yield great results? What percentage of drops were fruitless and why? I dropped quite a bit of bamboo in Norman in the Hagers Creek area, but the results were sparse at best. Then again, crappie fishing for me at least has been on a steady decline on Norman for the last 15 years or so. Most of my fishing has been between markers 10-13 and associated creeks.
TW
Was not in on the tuckertown drop, but was at high rock when those were made, hauled a big load on bamboo all the way from Waxhaw to High Rock. Saw some pictures of that outing not too long ago but can't remember how I found it. Do any of you remember the outings promoted by a guy, Mark Gromlivtz (sp) Thats what started me in crappie fishing. ncnat, painterfish, pop pop, crap king, were some of the names I remember. Never did get the cordinates of the drops!!
Good stuff
I didn't fish all of the spots were bamboo was dropped, some coordinates listed weren't quite where brush was but generally speaking I did well on those. We dropped 4 buckets of bamboo per spot, basically the idea was drop a bucket off each corner of the boat, and I think that made a big difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarheelwx
I remember those gatherings! I have wondered where some of those guys you mentioned and some others are now. PM me your email address, I'm pretty sure I still have the coordinates.Quote:
Originally Posted by polarcrafter
It would be hard to gauge without detailed info from the other participants who actually fished the drops. Myself, I fished some of the High Rock and Tuckertown drops. Some were good, others weren’t. Then I lost interest in fishing for a few years so I can’t speak to the last few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarheelwx
I still have the names of the participants. I’ll post them up when I get a chance along with some more pictures. I think I have some social pictures of our Jordan social at that time also.
Attachment 453969 My grandson used the Condo drop as a school project.
I believe Bobby J. is the one wearing the hat in the brown coat
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Here are the Crappie.com members who took part in the Condo Drops at the three lakes. During the construction part of the builds which I think took three Saturdays was a great group effort. We kept everyone fed with a big cast iron pot of home made chili beans. Kellog was gracious enough to share a large field not far from High Rock to build the condos, plus I had a neighbor who gave us all the bamboo we needed. This project shows what a little hard work between like-minded sportsmen can do to improve fishing habitat and have fun at the same time.
ALLFISH
BIGFISHLILPOND
BOBBY J
BOOTS
BUBBATODD
Crat
Critter
CHUGBUG
CGTeamallfish
crappie_dan
deacon45
Feel-n-Crappie
FISHTACO
704 GARY
Gilby
Grays72Chevy
Hawkman
HPCrappieman
huntnfish
Kellog
Lonnie Benton
Lynn Cook
Mike Rayfield
NCNat
Polarcrafter
PAINTERFISH
PETE
POPPOP
Rolemdown
Rapala
Screwdriver
SEASONS
Simpleman
SKEETERGUY
Thom S
TURKEYFOOT
Twofish
Newly
Little late but send me a email and I’ll send them to you if you still want them.Quote:
Originally Posted by polarcrafter
I haven’t been on here in years, but that’s me in the white hat and camo coat. This was High Rock and not Tuckertown. Haven’t fished High Rock in years either but still chasing crappies at Norman, Rhodhiss, James and sometimes Hickory. Good to see your posts again and wish you all well. Chugbug.
Was some fun times. We need to get together and have a social asap
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That is Bobby J, he participated in every drop and meeting. He was having health problems then, I wonder in anyone knows his status? He was from the Danbury area.
It started out with a Tuckertown picture, but evolved into some HR pictures. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chugbug
He passed away. :(. I still talk to Lynn cook pretty regular.Quote:
Originally Posted by poppop
Thanks for letting me know, I felt like that was the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by newly