John Loebach Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 After the monsoon yesterday the Fox is at 4550cfs at Montgomery. This will take weeks to drop so the planting planned for 6/28 is now scheduled for 7/19/14. More to follow once the levels drop. We will be planting in the Batavia pool again this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loebach Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Well we dodged the deluge yesterday. O'hare - 1.67", south suburbs 4" & flooding. The Kank from 4000cfs to 10000cfs & rising, the Fox from 1360 to 1780 & dropping. Combined with a week out forecast suitable for September the planting is on for this Saturday 17/19/14, 8AM start. We will meet & plant at: Batavia VFW 645 S. River Street Batavia, IL. 60510 Bring waders & gloves & remember all help is needed. If you haven't done this before we plant in teams & kids can assist pulling plants from the trays & handing them for placement. You don't have to man a dibble spade for the morning, you can trade off. With ample help we can finish by late morning & I'll grill lunch. Fishing afterwards (or before) for any who can. post or pm if you are coming. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I'll be there. Who else can make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Count me in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Buric Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I'll be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Please be sure to check your emails for a reminder on this and hit the SHARE button to forward to others you think may be interested. THANKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Antikauskas Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'll be there John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryg Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Planning on coming. Eugene, your Triumph is repaired and I'll bring it on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loebach Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Checked the site yesterday, water is a little high but we'll be planting in ankle deepth with no current towards the tail end of the island. I'll have Eugene's pond hopper to move materials & anyone who doesn't want to cross waist deep water to get to the island. Weather looks perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wright Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 See all you fellow willow planters tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Here is a short video I put together of the successful planting. There were 13 of us out there, the work was done just after 11 and John and Ed cooked up some hot dogs on the grill. There are a lot of plants from previous years that are doing quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick G Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 I was out of town, so I didn't make it this year. Very informative video Scott. Nice work guys and gals. It was neat to see the older established plants doing so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Antikauskas Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Great job Scott! Thanks for putting this together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Buric Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Great job Scott ! You really captured the essence of the entire morning in your video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Every year I come to the planting I forget to bring gloves and my hands suffer for it.This year I made sure to have them along.Trouble is when I pulled in and saw all you guys wearing them I realized that this time I forgot the waders So I headed to Lombard to help out with the Orvis store's ffing class instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loebach Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Thanks, Scott. It looks great. Also a huge thank you to the crew who got it done on Saturday. You should get good luck catching Fox smallies for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Awesome video and a great volunteer effort. Thanks everyone for your hard work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alank Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 nice job again everyone....thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wright Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Fine work men. (And lady ) Thanks to John and Ed for serving up a great lunch! Thanks to Larry for growing some strong seedlings. There was much satisfaction seeing the plantings from last year, they will be thriving before long. Jamie and I watched the video together. Nicely done,Scott! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Great video! Sorry I wasn't able to make it this year. I wasn't able to shift around the commitments I already had on my calendar when the new date was set. Thanks to everyone that pitched in and helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Nice job all. Did anyone fish / catch afterward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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