Are we allowed to place brush piles in Jorden Lake ? I know its state property just wounding.
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Are we allowed to place brush piles in Jorden Lake ? I know its state property just wounding.
Come on everybody some one must have the answer to my question. I am not asking for your brush pile locations if they are allowed.Quote:
Originally Posted by plowboy
Without knowing the actual laws, I would say not legal to just go out and drop stuff in the lake.
You may be able to get permission but I wouldn’t know where to direct you.
Honestly there’s plenty of brush and cover in Jordan. I feel my time is better spent hunting down fish and cover, than pouring concrete in buckets and dragging brush on my boat.
Personally, I troll on Jordan and learning the seasonal movement of the fish has been way more valuable than any individual brush piles.
contact Corp if engineers
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Originally Posted by plowboy
Roses are red, violets are blue, a cat that walks in the night the people have no clue.
We put some brushpiles out on Jordan about six years ago and a total waste of time. All we ever caught were a few bluegill and 6"-8" crappie. The keeper crappie on Jordan are suspended or in the standing timber.
Thanks I was Just curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nater
Thanks for the info I to spend most of my time trolling.
Lots of brush is dropped under the cover of darkness:cool: A few get dropped in broad daylight this time of year simply because hardly any boat traffic so nobody will see what you are doing nor know where you dropped brush.
Seriously it's not a bad idea to contact the Corps of Engineers(or whoever controls the lake). My understanding is most of who controls lakes usually don't mind you dropping brush as long as it's environment safe-no grease/oil buckets, tires are a no-no, not something that could be a hazard to boats/skis if the lake level got low. I've made many brushpiles over the years and it's a lot of work but the reward can be great if you go about it right.
A couple times years ago members of this forum have got together and pitched in and made brush piles and dropped them in some of the lakes.
With the Corps of Engineers it is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask for permission
Thanks everyone for the info.
I know this is older , when I'm off work I'll tell you what I found out about this Attachment 480262Attachment 480262Attachment 480262Attachment 480262
Sorry didn't mean to post that many pictures. Ok I contacted corp. at lake Jordan. They told me that they couldn't tell me if I could sink artificial brush piles. Told me to contact NCWRC. I did and asked if I could at Jordan and Harris. Was told that no you can't, but gave me phone #'s of 2 different biologist, cause 1 controls one lake and other biologist controls the other lake. They told me that if they would let me that I would have to give them coordinates if I was planning on dropping alot of them. Told them that wasn't a problem cause I was going to mark them anyway. Said that more than likely they would tell me where to put them and they would put there bouy marker on them. Long story short I called both biologist, have never been contacted yet. That was 1 1/2 months ago. Haven't heard anything.
On my lakes the COE dumps Christmas trees at the boat ramps after Christmas every year hoping people will put them out on the lake.
Not here, COE only has control of 1 ramp at Jordan lake. And of course the water ( flood pool) with the dam.