All The Bad Luck

[zegm]

I have wood cribs supporting everything........pretty much a weekend expert on wood cribs imo. Lake freezes 2-3 feet thick

You need to help us "authentic southern boys" out, like a picture and a description of what a "crib" is and its purpose, as it sounds very interesting.
All I have to do is blow the Cypress trees leaves (needles, not sure what they are called buy they are not evergreens) off the dock a couple of times.