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Well it's been a few weeks since CrappieKeeper and I placed our first short cane condos made from 4" PVC drain pipe. I'm happy to report that the crappie moved onto them quickly. We caught probably 30 of these on the new condos. Lots of times the hooks would have green cane leaves on them with the slabs!
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Here's some of them going in.
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thats a great idea,. think im gonna use it ifn ya dont mind!
thanks for sharing!
I sure do like that idea you got there. Makes it easy for carrying out and putting together on the spot too. You could also use other types of limbs. Thanks for the idea. Ferdi aka Fred How is Abbey doing?
Hi Slabbandit
We will be building these for the next habitat drop at local lake?
What length are you cutting the pvc at?
Are you cutting out a 2in hole in pvc?
How many holes per pvc pipe?
How many you dropping per spot?
I am anxious to build some of these soon..
Jeremy
just looking at it, it prolly doesnt matter much. Cut the pvc as tall as YOU want it to stick off the bottom and drill holes (i would think) big enough to stick a couple pieces thru each hole. You may even want to use a larger hole saw so you can stick pieces in from both directions. I think thats what Im gonna try anyway.
Hi Ferdi, Abbie is doing fine and going fishing every trip. She's having some vision problems in low light and at night though. I like the idea of sticking cane thru from both directions. It would take a pretty good sized hole because of the branches. We have dropped 2 in one location about 35 feet apart. We catch fish on both of them and I recommend doing this some as it gives you a close place to fish if you shake the first one up. Still working on a few other ideas.
Hi Dave,
How big are these showing up on the depth finder?....I know the boo wants to float up in the water....
Jeremy
Only at first, after a period of time, they sag, due to getting water logged. But they still show up great on the sonar. We have no problem seeing them.
keith
thats one thing I actually like about boo, you can see it so well on sonar.
Good thing you got em working, was there algea on the leaves that yall had on yalls hooks?
No, not really, thats the neat thing about cane with green leaves. Get them in the water as soon as possible after cutting. We did our last one from cutting the cane, building on the boat, and sinking in less than 20 minutes. Not bad.
You guys have given me some new ideas to try. I like the idea of a big enough hole to stick bamboo through from both sides. Limbs would definitely work well too. We plan on building some tall ones in 5 gallon buckets like Jerry Blake does but we're thinking about trying to get a 4 to 5 foot piece of 3 to 4" PVC in the middle to stick bamboo in horizontally near the base of the 15 to 17 foot tall structures. May get some built in the next few weeks and will report on our progress.
Nice idea, and good results! Anybody have an idea how long these will last?
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by badbrad
We dropped some bamboo standing up in concrete dish pans...We popped the dish pans out.....They are still doing good after 3 years....Still catch fish off them....I think the shaft itself will last for a real long time....The branches/twigs I am sure eventually will get weak and fall off...
Jeremy
I picked up 5 10ft 4in pvc pipes from Home Depot the other day.....We plan to cut the the pvc down to 5ft lengths this weekend and build some boo/pvc soon soon after..The 4 inch 10ft pvc pipe is about 7 bucks each....It is the thinner pipe...
Jeremy
Hey slab, how ya keep the boo from coming out of the pvc?
Hey DB, We just start with the butt ends and jerk them about half way through while pulling several shoots of the smaller limbs through. This causes a fish hook effect. Works great!
How hard is the green bamboo to get down? I think it has air pockets inside the canes? I've got some I've been growing in 3gal plant nursery pots. Some of them are pretty good size with about 6 or more canes reaching 10'. I am planning to sink some but want to be prepared with the correct amt of weight.
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Swamper AR
40lbs should be plenty...If your building the pvc trees...
Jeremy