best way to hang christmas trees from a dock?

hey gang.

Long time no chat! I hope all is well with everyone!

Quick questions.

I'm planning on hanging a couple of christmas trees from my dock in about 7 ft of water. How deep should I hang them? Should I weigh them down and if so how much? A cinder block would probably suffice huh? Lastly, I can just use some nice nylon rope right?

BTW, about 20 yards from my dock it's 15 feet deep or maybe a hair deeper. I'm going to try to get a couple of Cedars to sink out there next spring sometime.

Thanks.

Bruce

Bruce, sounds like a good plan, hope you catch a ton! Why not get some hardwood instead of the Christmas trees, tho? They would last much longer and you can stop by any ditch in town and cut a small tree down.

That's a great point Vic. Now to find the hardwood. Actually......now that I think about it. I have a woods right next to my place in KC. No one would miss a tree. Now the trick will be to borrow a saw.

X-2 on the hardwood. Cedar and x-mas tree will only last acouple years at most and hardwood will be there much longer. I have some weighted down with cinder blocks and I have some standing upright in 5 gallon buckets with rebar ran through the bottom in an x pattern so they don't fall over. As for suspending then from the dock use galvanized wire or coax cable work well.

Thanks Hogster!

Go with the hardwoods as suggested about or plastic pipe(gas or water). yes xmas trees loose all needles in 12 to 16 months on average and branches starting breaking off within 2 years.

hang em with the limbs pointing up,

X2 I'm with beagle on that as well. And make sure the cables are really visible from the outside of the dock so us guys in the boat know which dock to fish. :biggrin

limbs pointing UP. Interesting. This helps avoid snags I take it.

Also, I was on the Fish Habitat team at Smithville and we really liked Cedars. Hardwoods are of course great as well. Naturally Christmas trees are pretty flimsy.

We use cedars a lot. They last at least 10 years. Cut the tree as close to the time you want to sink it as possible. Cut trees dry out quickly and the longer they dry the more weight it takes to sink them.