Would this work as pvc structure?

I am going to build several pvc condos to drop in my slip.

I have been thinking about taking a 8' 3" pvc pipe and drill holes in it every 6", at different angles on the pipe.

I would then install 8" 1" pipes in the holes, making each leg 4' long.

Since my slip sets in 10'-11' foot of water I would place these units on the bottom of my slip, which would give me about 3' of water for the motor to clear the pvc unit.

This would place an 8' horizontal section of pipe along the bottom of the slip, with 4' legs coming off the pipe at different angles.

Do you think this would work?

ez- go to 1-23-12 post and look at what I have been building and sinking and see if it is similar to what you are talking about doing.

Do you mean this thread? http://www.crappie.com/crappie/crapp...tructures.html

This thread only shows pictures of the bamboo balls but are similar to what I am talking about but they would each be eight foot long. So they would not have a ball structure but would look similar with the rods going all around the pipe, at different angles.

Needless to say I would be assembling them at the slip.

So long as you`re allowing for any draw down (if applicable) sounds like a winner. Personally, I would still be tempted to put in at least 2 or 3 "BB"s (brush blocks) using locust or osage orange limbs shallow stuffed in opposite directions in each side of the block and with the 6- 8`long limbs 90 degrees to shore, parallel to the slip, with the PVC deeper. The 2 types together tend to produce AWESOME results...

What do y'all think about this pvc structure?
This is the post I made back on 1-23-12 that I was referring to.

rmack, I am still confused about the pvc structure you are referring to. Are you referring to the url I posted or are you referring to something else? There are no images related to your posts that I can see.

Sorry.

Ed

I believe you're on the right track. Hanging one on the outside corners vertically would also be a good addition. Having wood nearby is a big asset as Lowellturner said. I fished a boathouse that had brush under the boat in a utube video of mine(dafishmantn) and lost a lot of jigs in it. Not an issue unless kids are swimming nearby, cuz we all know that kids know no boundaries and will go anywhere they aren't supposed to.

I ended up buying three of the porcupine ball attractors. I bought gray electrical conduit for the pipe. I made each side 3.5 feet so the total area is around 7 foot. I made one yesterday on the slip. I am going to place it in the water later today.

I will build the other two units during this next week and place them in the slip. After Christmas I am going to pick up some Christmas trees and place them underneath the sides of the slip.

So I will have pvc in the body of the slip and Christmas trees under the sides of the slip.

If these work out I may buy three more of the porcupine balls as they are so easy to make into attractors.

Thanks to those who commented.

Ed

These are 2 other kinds of cover we have built and used...they work very well.
We have been putting wood, Christmas trees, or 'boo, close by for extra benefits.

The first image was similar to what I had considered building. After seeing your picture I kinda wish I had stayed with that idea.

But I am now committed to the porcupine ball attractors since I bought them. I built the first one yesterday and dropped it into the front of my slip today. I plan on building the second one tomorrow if it does not rain.

The first pic has wood in the main beam...it works ALOT better if you use pvc...this gives you PERMANENT cover that you can put wood around...the more permanent stuff you get in the area, the easier it is to branch out or supplement the area with wood.