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I also caulked the corner seams too but haven’t seen the need to gasket the lid, but I only fill 25 lb at a time.

If it works that will be a game changer. Gonna build one and see how it does. Much appreciated.

I built a 70x30’ covered dock on my bayou place a couple years ago and the sparrows are bad. Nesting, shiting, etc and I’ve harassed them pretty good but they are hard to deter.

I’ve tried fake snakes, which work a bit but you’ve got to keep moving them. I’ve torn down nests and they can rebuild overnight, freaking nuts. Spray with hose everytime I wash down my boat which they don’t like and that’s worked a little. I’m thinking of getting a pellet gun but I don’t want to damage metal roof. They’re an invasive species and I believe legal to kill them.

Does anyone have the silver bullet?

Remove that whole line and use some 80-100 lb mono to replace it. Tie a knot above the line spacer up top, then at the outer cord down below. I’ve done this countless times and net is as good as new.

What about Virginia which tried to gerrymander 10 Democrat majority districts to 1 Republican, from a 6:4 ratio? The SCOTUS found it unconstitutional, but Ryan is mum on that.

If you want the fish to eat, seine it first, then rotenone it to kill anything left. Trap or shoot as many turtles as possible. They don’t really hurt a pond but are more symptomatic of a pond with issues that you outlined.

Hopefully you used ag (pulverized) lime and spread it uniformly over the entire bottom of the pond. Your alkalinity should be over 20ppm. Get some pond fertilizer (high phosphorus, low nitrogen), powdered (not granular) is easiest to apply but liquid is fine. If you can get a plankton bloom, that should help prevent sunlight penetration which is the reason for the vegetation and algae.

If any filamentous algae or an undue amount of vegetation persists after a bloom is achieved, spray with appropriate pond herbicide.

Note that catfish will usually keep the pond turbid/muddy. Many people prefer a bass/bream pond. Bream and other forage fish (fatheads and threadfin shad) can be stocked in late fall or early winter, and bass stocked the following June. Avoid crappie.

I bought 400 acres in SW MS in 2008 and there had never been pigs here, but like they say there are 2 kinds of counties in MS, those with pigs and those that will have them. I’ve corral trip wire trapped, sniped, and dog hunted pigs on other properties before this, but when they showed up here in 2011, I bought a Jager Pro trap and have caught well over 1200 hogs here (stopped counting at 1200 a couple years ago). I’m on 2 creeks and that’s where they like to be.

I retired in 2017 and became a dealer for Jager Pro. The short story is I’ve seen mass destruction across LA and MS and even though I’ve caught that many on my place where I’ve lived since 2013, I’m still catching them. Caught 16 in past 3 weeks but still have a group of 26 that I’m trying to get on bait and trap.

Bottom line, we need the sodium nitrate poison Glen Guedry has developed at LSU and is supposedly in EPA approval stage for the past 6-7 years and I have no idea why it’s taking so damn long.

Pigs are the fkn devil, terrible for deer herd, wreaking havoc on turkey and quail nests, disease riden (see La State Vet Dr James Lacour’s Presentation on Wild Hogs), no natural predators of any significance, and breed like banshees. Fkem all, eradicate every one, but that will never happen even with the poison. I’m a small government guy, but we do need States to stand up and do more and FWIW, Ag Commissioner Andy Gibson is leading the way in MS. LA needs to catch up.

I was going to post the link but saw you already had, so thank you.

After the WLF Commission held its vote a few months ago, Rep Joe Orgeron contacted me and said he got my name from the WLF on a list of people who submitted comments to the buffer reduction proposal…..and only 600 people submitted comments. That’s f’d up. The apathy in our state is terrible. If more voters contacted their legislators, it damn sure would make a difference.

We went to 1981 Orange Bowl and the Huskers whipped our arse. I was 19 and we stayed at an airport Marriott with many friendly flight attendants and refreshments which minimized the pain.

I expected for most to misinterpret my post. Maybe I could have posed it better, but my point was that I haven’t heard CJJ take any accountability for the lack of production from his team this year. Maybe I missed something, but he’s only criticized his teams play on the field.

He’s proved he’s a great coach, but if you don’t think the coaching staff could have done better this year, in recruiting and/or coaching/motivating players, then continue slamming my arse because I can’t help you.