Poor Boys PVC Structure!

What do you use when you don't have the money to buy PVC to throw in the lake?... use Hugh Jass cane!

What I thought was a little Switch Cane patch on the side of the interstate turned out to be a small forest uf Giant Cane! I was surprised when I pulled the truck to the side of the road and walked down with my trusty bypass loppers.

I've been working on these for the past couple of days.
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I made 6 of them. They about 10' tall and have 12 canes in each one.

Like I said, some of the canes were huge and stood about 25' tall... most of the canes are half stalks.
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I used scrap plywood for the base forms, and leftover screws from a deck project. The bases are 12"x12"x4"= 1/3 cubic foot of concrete = 50 lbs.
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I estimate they weigh 75-80 lbs. each

I made my own quick setting concrete with regular sakrete and an extra shovel full of portland cement per bag of crete.
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The angle of the canes is 22.5 degrees. I used my power miter saw to cut the angle just below a joint node.

I hope the Crappies like them!;)

they look good to me

good looking structure, those would be great for deeper water

GCD
Look good.
Will look better when you start pulling the crappie off of them!
1perchjerker

Don,t forget to drill some holes in the cane so water can get in makes them weigh more & not as boyuant.:) Tags.

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Originally Posted by sailfish1

good looking structure, those would be great for deeper water

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I plan to put them on humps that come up from 25' to 15'.

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Originally Posted by i-catch-cartags

Don,t forget to drill some holes in the cane so water can get in makes them weigh more & not as boyuant.:) Tags.

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I plan on doing that after the concrete sets up, one at the bottom and top of every joint, 1/8" diameter... should look like a Jacuzzi when I drop them.:D

I have enough portland leftover to make 6 more, I'll prolly drop them at the bottom of the humps in the 25' depth.

After all is said and done I'll have about $4 in each one.

Thanks for the kind words folks!:)

It would bust my colostomy bag to lift those.:p

great looking if i was crappie i would hang out around them but i would be the one looking for the baits with hooks in them lol

i-catch-cartags is right on the money. Drill some holes in each section of the cain to let out the air or they will float away in just a little current. I made one with a five gallon bucket full of concrete and it stayed in place until a massive rain and the current took it out of the bay.

Those are some great looking structure, like who needs wants PVC when U can get cane like U got. Really like your structures.