pulled a couple of sinkers today!

[mattyboy88]

Woodhauler..... haha that would be an experience.

Piston..... it would be nice to go diving for lobsters and bring up your meal for the evening. i love lobster! and yes.... its definitely spooky. but something about hitting the bottom of the river and putting your hands on the logs that makes it ok. i dont know how to explain it. the trip to the bottom is the strangest part, but when you hit the bottom its like "ok time to go to work" haha its a rush.

[Nemologger]

wonder how old those logs are? were they all cut? or are some natural?

[bill5335]

So do you let the logs dry, then mill them or do you mill then soaking wet?

[Fla._Deadheader]

This is not my thread, but, did this for several years.

In the true sense of the words, "Sinker" logs are the ones that went to the bottom after being cut and worked to the water. They were nearly all axe cut. then bobbed off in tree length with hand powered saws. There were shorter logs produced, also.

These logs are completely wet all the way through, though, not like you would think. They were usually girdled for 1 year, before cutting, This is for the Cypress logs. Pine was just cut and very heavy-dense.; They didn't ride very high in the water, when dumped off the rail cars into the rivers.

  We just piled them up and sawed and sold most of it wet. Some we dried the lumber by standing on end and allowing the water to drain out, somewhat.

Biggest problem is, sand, snails, catfish, etc., that were in voids in the logs.

[mattyboy88]

Fla._Deadheader is right. only thing i pull is sinker logs. so they are already cut.

[mattyboy88]

i just got back from oregon. i am now engaged so its back to work for me! i will be pulling the first of next week! so more pictures and info on the way! stay tuned.

[Nemologger]

but could natural logs be used for lumber too?

[Fla._Deadheader]

???  All logs are "natural". Just what do you have in mind ?? Fresh cut logs work very well if you have heart Pine. One sawmill I know of, throws fresh cut Heart Pine in ponds he dug on his property. That way, he is selling "water recovered" logs  : :

The old Cypress is scarce, unless you have access to a Cypress swamp.

[Nemologger]

You know what I mean Fla._deadheader,  NATURAL as in getting there by nature rather than man, duh, not chopped down, Naturally got in the river years ago by a flood or so other NATURAL means.

[Fla._Deadheader]

Yeah  :D :D I was funnin ya.  ;)  In Florida, we were limited to PREcut logs. If the tree had a stump we were to leave it. I cut a few anyway, because, the limbs were a major navigational hazard, in shallow areas or on bends in the river.

Once a log is bucked, there is not much way to tell if it is the butt log or the 2nd log from a tree. Was inspected once while we were not in the area, by the State people. We got an email stating we were doing an excellent job. NO complaints.  ;D

[sawdusty1]

mattyboy88, is that you in your avatar flying a Quicksilver MX 2

[mattyboy88]

nemologger..... most likely; im sure they could but i only dive on logs that were stripped and cut back in the olden days. we have a nice humminbird sonar with side imaging. (so i know before I dive). i dont really tend to dive on natural trees because i dont want to get hung up in the branches. (river has current)
im also really blessed because i live close to cheneire lake and it has nothing but tupelo gum and cypress trees sunk all in it.

sawdusty1...yes that is my quicksilver sport2s. i actually used it to fly to south louisiana to hunt alligator nest every year. i would give the gps coordinates to my buddies in the airboats. (i had amphibious puddlejumper floats on it.) then they would go pick up the eggs. the owner has recently has aquired an r-44 helicopter that he uses to find the nests(learning to fly it next). so i got the plane from him, put it back on regular tires, and i love it! (selling the floats)

[sawdusty1]

I used my easy riser to find shell cracker beds on lake Seminole and catch them to sell to people at work. I am a Kolb man now.  I know those sinkers must be heavy.

[luvmexfood]

Just a question not related to logging but what do you do with alligator eggs?

[mattyboy88]

sawdusty1.... kolb's are great aircrafts as well! and yes the sinkers are very heavy! especially when they are sunk in the mud! pulled a sinker cypress down in the mud and silt today. it was very heavy!.

luvmexfood..... we incubate them, hatch them, grow them, harvest them, sell meat and hides.

[mattyboy88]

pulled some more sinkers today.....trying to locate buyers is hard. also trying to upload pictures to these posts are hard.

[beenthere]

Uploading pics is not hard. ;)
Follow the first thread in the "Behind The Forum" forum (under Home) and if the pics are in .jpg format on your computer, then they can be placed in your own gallery as all of us do. And surely you have seen a lot of good pics on the forum.

There is a "For sale" forum and some rules to follow...... just in case you missed it. ;)

[mattyboy88]

 

 

[mattyboy88]

finally figured it out haha. im new to this forum. i almost got kicked out trying to freely advertise! oops! ill have to try out that for sale forum. thanks beenthere!

[beenthere]

Going to sell them 'in the water' or pull them out and post some pics? Or saw up a few so we can see what they look like inside?

[luvmexfood]

Ohh. Ok. Nothing wrong with that. I tried alligator tail once. seemed like the more I chewed it the bigger it got. Taste was OK.

Was in Baton Rouge about 20 years ago at LSU doing some firefighting training and they had a big crawl fish boil for us. Did the whole thing. Eat the tail and suck the guts. They were pretty good going down but not much coming back up. Course it was hot and we had bunker gear on all day and were probably a little dehydrated. Stopped at a place and got a daquiry called an attitude adjustment. 151 rum and regular rum in a slushy type drink. Then went to the boil and ate the crawl fish and chased it with straight 151 rum. Not one of my better memories but heck. We all have a few memories when we were young and dumb.

Another day did eat some dang good catfish that was fresh. Went out on the Misissippi on a boat with dinner included. Dang good food.

[beenthere]

they had a big crawl fish boil for us.

:D :D
crawl fish  Never heard 'em called that before, but guess they do crawl.  ;D

Know what you mean about them crawl fish, as after drinking a bottle of cheap muscatel wine and a bag of barbeque potato chips, I'll never eat barbeque potato chips again !!! 

Oh to be young, foolish, and only have a dollar to spend on a night on the town. ;)  (90 cents for the wine and 10 cents for the bag of chips)

[Magicman]

The crawfish didn't make you sick.  It was the attitude adjustment and maybe even what else went with it.   :

[luvmexfood]

Yep. Young and dumb. Oh the crazy things we did when we were young. I remember growing up in the late 60's. Not a lot to do in the country to keep youth entertained when not working on the farm. Around 12 years old we used to play army with our BB guns. We thought nothing about shooting each other. Wonder we didn't lose an eye. If I had caught my children doing it when they were that age (now aged 23 and 15 each with a birthday soon) I would have had a fit. Course our parents didn't know what we were doing.

[mattyboy88]

beenthere....as of now im doing my best to locate buyers for the wood. It takes a lot of gas to drive around, search, and pull. We have a few pulled now, so im trying to sell the stuff. When we find someone that wants more we will get them all they want.

luvmexfood..... it is a must that the alligator be cooked right! Only some know how to cook it right, many claim they know how to cook it. needs to be very tendorized before it is cooked. I love the stuff! very lean, high in protein, no fat at all(unless you soak it in butter), just good stuff.