Christmas Trees

Can anyone tell me if the Corps will let you grab some of there trees at the Christmas Tree recycling drop off points. I'm wanting to build a few brush piles.
Thanks!

you will have to check with the Corps. that is looking after it . i like bamboo and PVC . PVC will last longer but do not show up on most finder

Your right about the PVC not showing up on depth finders. It shows up on down imaging though. I perfer the PVC. It will be there forever.

They will, but you have to get a permit to put trees in lake, and then give them the location.

need to git in good with a Corp. employee:biggrin

didn`t know pvc showed on down image . i have the small on will have to try it i know where some is :biggrin .

Thanks for the replys

I was thinking of putting some in the Flint river in Albany. Do you think they would stay put in a river? How long does it take to attract crappie?

what part of the flint

Hey at clarks hill the trees are for who ever wants to sink em. There is always a big stack at mistletoe state park and I see people sinking them. Let me tell you though, if you have never sunk Christmas trees, take a LOT of blocks. IF you tie 3 Christmas trees together, you will need a small volkswagon to sink em

Theyll be lying beside most all the ramps on Clark hill for people to carry onto the water to sink. Just carry your cinder blocks and tying wire.

If you use Christmas trees use a gallon jub or two to keep them standing up. If you don't they will catch silt and lay flat on the bottom in a very short period of time. If you have access to any white oak trees, the top of one makes the best crappie shelter. They will be there for years. If you do not have access to oaks then the best is a bamboo in a bucket shelter.

http://www.crappie.com/condo/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kURszI2P-QY

It is a law on Crappie.com whereas you muss add the waypoint of each condo to this site.

I started building crappie piles about 35 years ago. We always used a big oak to start with and then we would add bushy stuff around it. Later I learned about wax myrtle, and boy is it good. It sinks easy, lasts forever, and stacks well on your boat. I tried the bamboo condos on Da Hill and showed my cousin how to build them and he tried them on Lake Jackson. He has caught about a million crappie off of his condos on Jackson, I never had much luck with them here. One of my boo piles had some good fish on them for one winter, that's it. The other piles, nothing. I am going to try them one more time this year because they sure are easier to build and make a great brush pile, I just didn't have much luck here on da Hill with them. I usually put about 12 to 15 buckets on a drop. Have you all had any experience with them working on one lake and not another? Maybe I just put them in bad places but that sure never happens with wax myrtle.