FishUSA.com Fishing Tackle

Author Topic: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?  (Read 2917 times)

taxid

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,636
Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« on: Sep 02, 2016, 09:44 PM »
As a taxidermist I usually order cedar driftwood for mounts, but have a situation where a customer wants their bass going after a yellow perch all on the same piece of driftwood. Can't get the supply companies to send me the right piece. It needs to be a fork where the bass is facing left on one branch and the perch is on the other fleeing the bass left of the bass.  I tried a couple of fellow taxidermist friends but they are in the same boat.

I'm thinking launching on the Elkhart might get me lucky?

The fish are mounted and ready for the driftwood. Just need to find the right piece.
“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is you never know if they are genuine.” —Abraham Lincoln

ftwwalleye

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 178
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #1 on: Sep 03, 2016, 12:23 PM »
The hosey d**n in fort wayne gets all sorts. Prob glows in the dark too  ;D

taxid

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,636
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #2 on: Sep 04, 2016, 12:50 PM »
tried to send you a PM but your full.  clean a space and send me a pm, ill set you up for a truck load of drift wood.  

PM cleared. Thank you for the offer. That said, I do prefer the cedar I order as I have to be careful bringing wood into my log home. Don't want to bring in any critters that will go after my pine logs.

Gonna launch at Mallard Roost this afternoon and see what I can find. If that works I will probably hit Sparta for some gills with my twin. I think I'll stay off the big lakes today.
“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is you never know if they are genuine.” —Abraham Lincoln

taxid

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,636
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #3 on: Sep 04, 2016, 12:52 PM »
you better chunk a few nice limbs in your ponds, for future use. lol

I do something similar. The privacy fences I got for free I stack out back and let them weather to make stringer mounts.
“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is you never know if they are genuine.” —Abraham Lincoln

bigr

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1,049
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #4 on: Sep 06, 2016, 04:59 AM »
The missinnawa and salamonie is loaded with driftwood from all the times they gets high.

Bputman

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 96
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #5 on: Sep 06, 2016, 11:32 AM »
Sali and missy have a ton as BigR said, use to get a bunch for a lakeside fire when we were chasing the catfish

taxid

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,636
Re: Best place to collect driftwood in Northern Indiana?
« Reply #6 on: Sep 09, 2016, 10:35 PM »
Thank you all!
“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is you never know if they are genuine.” —Abraham Lincoln

 



Iceshanty | MyFishFinder | MyHuntingForum
Contact | Disclaimer | Sponsor
© 2004- MyFishFinder.com
All Rights Reserved.