Any good ideas on how to kill bamboo?

Thirty foot poles reach out across those creeks, some of it is about fifty feet tall. You can actually see it grow during prolonged rains. "Noodling" Hell NO, I ain't sticking my arm in no holes around here ! If it was only a Catfish in the hole it might be different but there's stuff in there in these parts that can seriously hurt you. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever if you like your appendages.

 

Now Hillbilly, you are supposed to get some skin in the game.
Then again, thinking about noodling is what gets a guy cat fished.

 

Hobie no play that game, he likes his skin intact. Think of it like this = I stay out, leaves more for everyone else. I be quite content with that.

 

Round these parts we noodle for bass rather than catfish.
Mostly because they taste better.

 

I tried moving a huge snapping turtle across the road with a broomstick this past spring. It snapped the end off the stick. The sound of their jaws snapping is amazing as it resonates through their body. Wonderfully despicable creatures, them.

 

Turtle soup is good stuff!

 

It's on my Apocalypse Food Menu. That and squirrel stew. Until then.....nope.

 

...said no one in San Francisco, ever.

 

Everyone, take notes. This is how funny is done.

 

That's a lefthanded compliment if I ever saw one.

 

And, this is how it isn't. Excellent work, thanks for adding that contrast.

 

It's true.
I can be just as unfunny as you are, but more eloquently.

 

One example was enough, but thanks. We all get it. You can stop now before we split our sides. *Yawn*

 

I feel bad for him, actually.

 

I would if he wasn't such a mean-spirited old cuss. But I agree with you; I think he really thinks he's funny.

 

Anyway,....To get rid of bamboo, the knee-jerk solution is to get a tank of Roundup and spray those suckers down! This will not work. You may kill the top growth, but the huge root system will sprout again next spring. It is inevitable. Step one, in the fall, is to cut all the stalks off at the ground. This will help you take advantage of the fact that new culms (stalks) only sprout in spring; they look like the tips of asparagus spears. Wait until they're about a foot tall and either cut them off at the ground or push them over with your foot. It's easy. Without the stalks, the roots will shrivel and die, and they will not grow again. Have to get them all though. Plus, you won't have your man junk rot away from excessive Round-up use, like some here have had happen.

It also helps to sing this song before working on this project...

 

Save some Bamboo to make these..

 

Good thing you give Sean a 'like' for almost everything he posts.
Otherwise he would only have about 50.