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Has anyone had success with using tree limbs as structure as you would with PVC pipe?
seems like alge growth wouldn't be a problem, and in my case it's abundant.
I know guides on Toledo Bend sink sweet gum and willow trees, I have access to both here in Louisiana.
I'd like to make a concrete dish pan type stucture using limbs.
Have "stuffed" various hardwood limbs into cement blocks "opposed" (1 side all ends 1 way, opposite side the other way) and tied all 4 together with VHD weed eater line, 8` long is about what found practical; stacks on a corner of the bow of a pontoon boat very easily; just push over board as boat backs off; VERY rapid deployment with very tight spacing...NICE! And can be hard to see with some sonars, only being 18- 24" high...
Doesn't the wood rot at the cement first? Any ideas on how to prevent this? What about sealing ends of wood, limbs etc. with a eco-friendly sealer/finish of some type? seems it may be worth the effort it they survive another year or two.
Every year when I trim my trees, I put them in concrete and sink them. I usually have 5 or 6 , 2 go to my ''main'' locations to keep them renewed and the others I use to start a new location that I have found and think will make a good spot. Not sure on the rotting question although it makes sense. I have enough limbs each year that I figure I have a pretty good pile going on by now and the fish are there!! That's the main thing...
What type of limbs are you placing?
Not 100% sure but I think one is a Maple tree. They are both large and i trim them usually twice a year. I try to time it so I can get them in the water with some leaves still attached. I have one in the front of my boat slip that I catch crappie off of every time I go, which is atleast a couple times a week and includes today!! :)
Won`t argue with success! Still, if may 'suggest" maple is a 'softer hard wood`; for sets you don`t replentish as often try osage orange (hedge apple) lasts 15+ yrs under water, hickory (8- 10 yrs) cedar (8-10+ yrs) and mulberry (6-8 yrs)...