Yeah...maybe it was just reflectors. Could have sworn I read where there were lights there at some point.they actually had a strange looking metal reflector of sorts round w/a multi point star shape in the middle that Eglin used in some type of training. I've never heard the light theory, and I know it was not lights, as I had personally seen and touched the reflectors which have since been removed. Years ago a County commissioner was caught removing them to salvage the metal and got himself in some hot water over it, can't remember his name.
I have fished there a few times and never caught anything and is uncommon to see anyone amongst those pilings fishing. It does look fishy though. Try it and report back :yes:.
It was indeed part of the sawmill. The sawmill was actually at Pt Washington. All the piling were used to moor the log rafts that were floated down the river. I've fished them before and never caught much. Eglin may have used them at some point but I've never heard about it.Yeah I was always told it was a wood mill as well.
. Eglin may have used them at some point but I've never heard about it.
The comish was Fred Bishop he ran the old ferry across the IC for years always claimed he call Eglin and they said go for it. Think he was telling the truth just didn't ask the right person.they actually had a strange looking metal reflector of sorts round w/a multi point star shape in the middle that Eglin used in some type of training. I've never heard the light theory, and I know it was not lights, as I had personally seen and touched the reflectors which have since been removed. Years ago a County commissioner was caught removing them to salvage the metal and got himself in some hot water over it, can't remember his name.
I have fished there a few times and never caught anything and is uncommon to see anyone amongst those pilings fishing. It does look fishy though. Try it and report back :yes:.
Learn something new everyday don't we...:thumbsup:If you look at the configuration of those pilings it makes no sense that they had anything to do w/the logging operation out of Pt. Washington, the area where the saw mill operation was done is in Tucker Bayou close to the old Plantation house where the mill owners lived , the Wesley family.
Here are the facts on the piling U see from the bridge:
Folks often ask about the pilings in the Choctawhatchee Bay – why are they there and what purpose the pilings served. There are many a theory, however, truth is the pilings were installed many years ago by the Air Force.
Here is what Eglin Air Force representatives have to say:
"Test Area D-55 is an air-to-ground radar resolution test facility installed in May 1959 and is currently inactive. It is located in Choctawhatchee Bay and originally consisted of 25 arrays of 2,040 omnidirectional radar corner reflectors, each mounted on a creosote-treated wood piling extending above water. Most of the reflectors are reported missing with the pilings remaining on-site. The pilings are clearly marked on navigation charts. The pilings have not been removed due to potential environmental impact to water quality from the creosote."
^^^^^Exactly. ^^^^^^^It was indeed part of the sawmill. The sawmill was actually at Pt Washington. All the piling were used to moor the log rafts that were floated down the river. I've fished them before and never caught much. Eglin may have used them at some point but I've never heard about it.
