CFF Members Gather - Workin' For the Fish

[rsimms]

Seven CFF Members gathered this morning to help TWRA and State Park officials create some great fishing structure for anglers who visit Booker T. Washington State Park. Tileman, Pointer78, Tr19, FishnFool, FishnFire, JSV and your truly joined TWRA Wildlife Officers Matt Majors & Ben Davis, along with State Park Ranger Danny Basham... plus Matt Majors' father, Fred Majors. Matt has been gathering up about 200 discarded Christmas trees for a while. The crew set to work around 8:30 placing the trees on and around the fishing piers at Booker T. For those who haven't been in there, it's a very deep slough. The fishing pier is in about 15 feet of water, even with the water down for the winter. Tileman donated a hefty number of concrete blocks so we could sink some trees out away from the pier. It might take a little while for the trees to lose needles and reach their full "fish attracting" capacity, but there's no doubt that anglers will have a much better place to fish in the coming months and years. I had to leave them still working. Matt was going to donate extra trees to any CFF'ers who wanted them. Not sure if anybody will end up taking advantage of that or not. Regardless, kudos to all of the fine gentleman who were willing to give up a day on the water to help the resource, and other fishermen. Here they are at work (with an occasional "rest stop"):

 

[DHaun]

Great post and pics RSimms. It shows those fish-attracting brushpiles don't get attached to Chattanooga area public piers by accident. That looks like some work right there - Great job! emoThumbsup

 

[cutthroat]

GREAT JOB!

 

[fisherpal2k]

<font color="#006633">Great Job to all those involved!!!!!  The trees look good stuck to those posts!

  Thanks to all who helped and put forth the effort to help out. Richard you done a good job on the pics too!</font> </p>



Wishin I was there instead of workin...</p>

 

[Fishin Fool]

Richard it was good seeing everyone and meeting the TWRA folks. All of them seem to be really nice guys and they aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. Matt's dad is a supernice guy and knew more about setting this up than all of us put together. Hopefully in the months and years to come this project will make some fishermen and women very happy! Thanks again for letting us know..emoThumbsup

 

[jason]

Great work, guys! The piers and points of Booker T. are my favorites for bank fishing...and you just made them better!

 

[polo-dog]

Great work guys! I wish that I had known about it. How did you guys find out about it? Maybe I missed the thread about it.

 

[JerDog]

Excellent work there guys. It sure was a nice day yesterday to be outside working.

 

[fishing fire]

It was hard work but a blast and I'm all ways up for work that will help the fishing. Good work to all those who helped lug,tie and throw trees. emoSmile

 

[MADD DOG]

NEVER FISHED THERE BUT NOW SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO START. THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK AND PHOTOS!