Walnut?

Just logged 140+ BIG walnuts. Thinking about cutting some tops and sinking them. I have never heard of anyone using walnut. Thought? Experiences?

I think walnut tree isn't the best...Something to do with the shells...I could be wrong?...But, it is better than nothing..

I know the hulls are "bad" think I'll go with hickory.

Do you have any access to some birch trees, thats what we always sank when we could find some.

We drop mostly oak...

Jeremy

It is a hardwood, so it ought to work, and last a while.

If you got alot then drop'em. Can't hurt cause the nuts are off by now. I drop green or seasoned cedar,oak,hickory or whatever I can get ahold off.

Drop em in and see what happens.

So long as they DO NOT have the nuts on them. The native Americans used the husks to stun fish...

Black walnuts contain chemicals called "juglins" that, as said above, have been used to stun fish. Although I have plenty of husk dust, I've never tried using it to poison fish since that is illegal where I live and I could explain the difference between an experiment and a crime to a judge. Juglins are found mostly in the husk of the nuts but also in the leaves and roots. There may well be lower amounts in the bark and wood that would probably leach out over time. I suspect that might take a while. You may not get much action the first couple of years but it is probably worth trying.