Thread: Do You think this will work?

Originally Posted by Andrews

I think I'm going to add some cypress and pecan limbs in there. I cut 55 gallon drums in half and put all kinds of stuff in them.

If it gets too heavy you can just sink the wood in the same area beside the PVC...this has worked well for us.
When I first started using Hedge Apple (Osage Orange), I didn't realize how much I was putting into Plastic bins...and I didn't realize how dense and heavy it was...It ended up taking 3 of us to lift the stuff and drop it into the lake!
Then I started really making the barrels, bins, and buckets full and dense with BIG Lightweight PVC, and then adding Osage limbs to really fill it in and bring all that natural goodness!
Hard dense wood not only lasts a long time, but it also kicks off the ecosystem...by bringing all the micro-organisms, which brings baitfish, craws, etc, to feed....which brings the fish you want to feed, hide, etc.!
The BIG PVC, when sanded with 60 grit, will allow layers of algae to build, which will also bring in the bottom of the food chain...But the Big PVC has a better benefit...shade and ambush points for BIG Predators.
Like Lowell said...if you build the cover starting with laydowns, brush blocks, pallets, cedar, Christmas trees, etc. for baitfish in the shallow water, then medium sized cover close by, then the big stuff deeper, you will build a self sustaining areas that will replace the fish that you take.
Some guys just drop stuff and can't understand why it stops producing...Crappie will follow the same paths over and over throughout their life...if you remove a lot of fish from a certain area, it can take a long time to get fish back in the area....you have to offer them something to get them to change their patterns.
If you provide plenty of food for them, big safe cover, and places to hide or ambush, then the fish will come and stay!

I have 160 lb of concrete in it now every time I add mor in to the barrel I add a sack of concrete, I'm not worried about weight my buddy builds piers and has a pontoon boat with a small crane.

I also go to my local restaurant and get there oyster shell a couple times a week to really jump start my spots. I live on a lake and I put as much time making attractors as I do fishing. I am working on an aluminum boat now that washed up with a hole in it, going to make a hotel for them��. I'll post some pics of it when done

I'm a ways away from being done I have 2 sacks of concrete in it now, as I add my woody structure to it I will add concrete. I got a buddy with a crane on his pontoon boat "he's a pier builder" so lifting is not a problem

Originally Posted by Andrews

I'm a ways away from being done I have 2 sacks of concrete in it now, as I add my woody structure to it I will add concrete. I got a buddy with a crane on his pontoon boat "he's a pier builder" so lifting is not a problem

That is awesome...the possibilities for you are limitless when it comes to size and area coverage! Nice!

i will be putting these in the line with my pvc

That's just too cool...those look sweet!
I seriously doubt that you'll have problems attracting fish to your man-made forest! lol

If you look in the la forum under jake St. John you can see some of the 2# plus fish I been catching

I hope it sinks good. I put 80# sacks of concrete in the biggest and the smallest is a 10" steel pipe I put a bunch of scrap nuts and bolts with a sack of concrete.

ENSURE that you have enough weight to firmly anchor it in place especially if there is current present. We added 10 hole red bricks to quite a few of our bigger "C" trees. These double as cover for small crayfish. Several different places in shallow clear water have seen bass of all sizes learn to literally look at the holes in the bricks and then suck these small crayfish straight out of them for an easy meal !