Quote Originally Posted by Tucker Reeves View Post
Initmidator that's awesome. I put some out several years ago and I could not find them for nothing. LOL I actually thought they washed away. I fish a private oxbow lake in MS off the river and it's very shallow. Shallow meaning drops off at bank 3 feet then tappers to 10' to 12' center and same as other side. It's about 300' wide. Has great cover up next to bank in 6' of water but after that nothing. I have never spider rigged before but I am setting my boat up now for it and going to give it a try. I am making 7 PVC trees now. I took 8" PVC pipe and cut it 5' high. I'm going to take a 55 gallon drum and cut it in half and add a bag of quick create and stand the PVC up in with a metal rod trough the bottom of the tree to hold it. Haven't figured out what to add for limbs, yet. Thinking 1/2" PVC pipe about three feet long and just run through the pipe and maybe glue it if needed. Any suggestions? Also I know fish like metal guess it grows algae faster but how long will it take for PVC? And you brought up a good point about roughing it up for the algae to stick too.

Thanks,

Tucker
Correct!...Just sand it and groove it good with 60 grit and the PVC will start forming Algae quickly...if the PVC is unsanded, you can wipe most of the algae off, the PVC will be stained but not really have a strong attachment....when you really cut the PVC deep with 60 grit or higher, it leaves deep scars that the Algae can really get into and develop a strong base.

I really wouldn't worry about making horizontal Branches on the 8 inch pipe...think of the 8 inch as "Stumps"....I would add more smaller PVC standing all around the 8 inch...vertical PVC is great, think of it as a BIG stake bed for BIG fish!
If you put screws in the ends of the PVC that you put into the concrete, they will not come out....I would also make the smaller PVC taller (maybe 8 feet) then they have a open area above the 5 foot tall 8 inch Stumps...or cut it down some more if that's too tall....you also want it DENSE, think of a 16 inch SLAB CRAPPIE swimming in and out of the PVC and laying up against the 8 inch.
I believe that if you're gonna build cover, just take the extra time and do it right...it will repay you for many generations!

Good Fishing
Brent