Marker Bouy in Chester Frost

[Hal]

After killing a prop yesterday on the "just under water sandbar" in front of the boat landing in Chester Frost, who would be in charge of installing a marker bouy over that so that the ones who don't know it's there, maybe, won't hit it like so many have?
I know it's there now and those who have used that area before for years know it's there but there have been many a prop and lower end wrecked there and that's a hard lesson. emoAngry

 

[fischnrod]

TWRA i think, you could make one and put it there. There is other shallow areas just like that one in there too.

 

[SpurHunter]

I had no idea myself. If I had the boat in the water this winter and fished over there, I bet I would have hit it too....sorry about the luck Hal.

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Talking about placing your own marker, when I fished at Watts Bar a few weeks ago with team-d, we found that crazy metal box a little off the wing wall ONLY because of a members reporting on CFF.

 We were lucky, because it will absolutly rip off your lower if you hit it running. I am going to put a brick on a marker of some kind and drop it right in the center of that dumb thing. I dont understand why its not marked now.

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[Breeze]

what a bummer. I hit that bar sat afternoon on the way to harbor lights marina. dont know if i have any damage yet.ileft the boat there so i can have new fenders put on traileremoBang lets hope all is ok.i was just running slow but dug a big hole.

 

[jon the fisherman]

Take a 10' stick of 1" pvc, paint it dayglow orange, and drive it in the ground there. I have done this in an area that was in a creek, and had claimed a few props. Plus it will keep people from getting hurt when they ski around it in the summer. I have seen skiers fall in the area I planted the PVC, before I put it there, and come out bleeding from the rocks and stumps they hit.

 

[DHaun]

http://www.tva.gov/river/navigation_aids.pdf

You can contact TVA’s Navigation Program 865-632-4678 for more info, or write to:

Tennessee Valley Authority
Navigation Program
400 West Summit Hill Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37902-1499

 

[SpurHunter]

Took me a while but I finaly figured out how to get this pic on here. Hope it helps someone!

 

[DHaun]

Spur - I got it posted here - Thanks:

http://www.chattanoogafishingforum.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=16630&posts=1

 

[SpurHunter]

Thanks David! I am going to work on another map soon for the new thread of another hazard I know of.

 

[polo-dog]

Here's an aerial pic of the problem areas in Chester Frost.

 

[outcaster]

Some mighty good bass have been pulled off those little circles too!

 

[20dc]

HEY HAL DONTIF WILL HELP OR NOT I GOT A BUDDY THAT HAS SOME USED PROPS IF WILL LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP HE SELLS THEM A GOOD PRICE

 

[Gray Bomber]

Does anyone know if the navionics map cards show that hump?

 

[churly]

Gray Bomber - 2/4/2008 10:08 PM

Does anyone know if the navionics map cards show that hump?

Yes they do, at least the one's I have seen.

 

[kw4kw]

Man; I probably have just been lucky. Thank you guys on the CFF for the picture and the information. I would have plowed through there and been in the same shape with my prop.

 

[blazer]

my uncle hit it several years ago,in my boat.i agree it should be marked

 

[jim4596]

i have lived here all my life and my dad lives in chester frost park and i was not paying attention one day and the next day i too donated some money to bill at performance props. emoLaugh

 

[flip1up]

This is the route I take in the park. Shallowest water I go through is on the point where people camp, its about 7-8 foot.