Thread: BCDD Report 5/28/15

Originally Posted by 20watt

Never thought about adding cypress limbs to tops. I'm on a mission now though. I bought a saw and some rope to leave in my boat just for sinking brush.

I put a few out away from the top in deeper water at 8ft deep. I cut the limbs with a 3 ft long trunk and shaped like a Y. I use a push pole to push the branch into the mud all the way up to the fork in the Y. On the graph it looks like a tree growing under water. The best piles tops are just below the surface of the water. Mixing both willow and cypress works best too. In a few years grass will start growing around it also. As I add to them I try to make the pile doughnut shaped.