Does anyone have any suggestions of the best way to approach removing a stake bed that looks like it has been there awhile? For some reason whoever set it did so close to a dock that when the water is lowered it would interfere with being able to tie up a boat to the dock. Not to mention when the water was deeper it would be a real hazard if someone jumped into the water off that side of the dock.

Any ideas or tricks of where to even begin would be greatly appreciated.