Team Tsunami Fish habitat project

Hail all from Team Tsunami,

Thanks to Cori, Casey and Toni Mae for helping collect Christmas Trees. We have 55 trees in the yard....woooot. We hope to start sinking them very soon. I need to fix our Party Bardge "Tsunami 1" to aid in the sinking projects. it will be prety slow with just the "The Ugle Stick".

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Those pine x-mas trees not the best stuff but beats nothing IMO.

Well not sure about the pine but the cedar tree's have been used for a long time. Many an old crappie fisherman will say to use cedar tree's or the cane/boo. I told dad tonight we could go squirrel hunting/pull a couple of deer stands early Saturday morning then buy a couple sacks of quick-crete and make some structure in the back yard.

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Originally Posted by constructskeeter

Well not sure about the pine but the cedar tree's have been used for a long time. Many an old crappie fisherman will say to use cedar tree's or the cane/boo. I told dad tonight we could go squirrel hunting/pull a couple of deer stands early Saturday morning then buy a couple sacks of quick-crete and make some structure in the back yard.

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Small Cedars don't last long and Fir or Pine Xmas trees rot quickly. You can place large Cedars which have been thinned and do much better. I pefer stakebeds because they last and very few hang ups.

Hey Fetmo - Its good to hear from you. You have a big job in front of you. I use Christmas trees also because they are free. I have found that if you cut the rope of of them and let them dry out a few weeks and let some of the needles fall off they sink better. Also take a chain saw trim a 2' space in the middle of the tree all the way around the tree you will have space for the fish to hide. Good luck

cool Billy E thanks for the info i will do that!!

And be sure to shoot Nimrod the coordinates when you're done so he don't have to get hung up on your rotten-no fish holding-christmas trees.

I've always heard that it's best to let them dry out, flash burn them to get rid of the needles, trim out some holes like Billy said, then sink em!

They will hold fish, most of them just won't last as long since they're not cedar.

I am actually thinking of sinking all of them in my favorite Hump in Lake Ouachita....from bout 15 - 30 fow. they will sure hold an array of fish. I will make on Heck of spear fishing spot....Wooot.

Should work !! Post pics of the drop, and of the results (fish) that come off the drop !! Will you sink all of those laying horizontal on the bottom or stand a few up like a boo pot ? Good luck, hope the hard work pays off.

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I am actually thinking of sinking all of them in my favorite Hump in Lake Ouachita....from bout 15 - 30 fow. they will sure hold an array of fish. I will make on Heck of spear fishing spot....Wooot.

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Ouachita???? Good luck with that one, you may need it! I've never tried to cut holes out in the cedars but it makes sense. I always either sunk them in a circle so I could fish down in between them or just tried to fish over them to keep from getting hung up so much.

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Originally Posted by constructskeeter

Ouachita???? Good luck with that one, you may need it! I've never tried to cut holes out in the cedars but it makes sense. I always either sunk them in a circle so I could fish down in between them or just tried to fish over them to keep from getting hung up so much.

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To make good Crappie cover , even the biologist recommend cover have 8'' min spacing for Crappie. Those Spruce and Pines would be better without the needles. They work much better with room for the fish to swim through .