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Slowly flooding up is a good idea. Add a board every two weeks or so. That will provide a new food source every time you raise the water. When you drain it next spring use the same method. Remove a board every two weeks or so starting around May 15. Be real careful about spring disking though. If it gets real hot, real fast you'll have a duck hole full of coffee weed. Happened to me two years ago We recommend dividing your unit up into 3rds and do a light disking on a 3rd every fall between Aug.15 and Sept. 15. On year 4, you should be starting over on the original 3rd you disked the first year. You can use these areas to put out millet if you want.

As far as how to hunt it this year, I would do just as you suggested. Knock down a couple holes in the middle and hunt those holes early when you have less water. As the season progresses and you add more water, the ducks will probably try to start landing outside of the vegetation in the open water. At that point just be where the ducks want to be. As you stated it's only about 90 yds wide, so conceivably you should be able to set up right in the middle and reach both edges.

SWAG wrote:I have got a similar problem on the edge of a Tupelo gum / cypress brake up here. Did get some of the edges disked, but the July rains messed me up from going farther out into the mat. The picture could have easily been taken at my place. Going to have to spray, just not sure how I am going to get it out there. What is your "normal" rate DanP?

We have no such thing as a normal rate All depends on how long its going to take us to do a job. You can borrow that spray rig anytime, just let me know. I've got a job up towards Tippo that I've got to check once a week if you want me to bring it up.

Thank you JaMak

Appreciate it DanP, water is up in there pretty good with all of the rain. Hopefully it is a problem I can correct in 2010.