input on this idea for structure of a dock..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgcfp81i_M I came across this on youtube.

I have been trying to decide on what type of structure to put under my dock this year. I live on Eufaula and last year was our first year owning a dock so this year I decided that I should make my spot more fish friendly. I'm looking at all the options and so far just hanging some trees with weights on the end seems like the direction I am leaning but I thought I might mix it up a little. I also thought about making some horizontal pvc structure for the deeper part of my dock ... any thoughts of imput would be great.

Thanks

How deep is the water under the dock?

I remember Ranger saying to stay away from Cedar trees as they are too dense and will not allow large fish to use them for cover. I have thought about dropping some of the home made PVC "trees" in a couple of spots myself.

If I may ask, what part of the lake are you on?


Bobo

That's a great idea for a dock

If you have the dollars you could try the Honey Hole Tree by Pond King. (http://www.pondking.com/fish-habitat)

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How deep is the water under the dock?

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its about 20 ft at the back and in about 10 at the front.. + or - with the lake level changing.

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I remember Ranger saying to stay away from Cedar trees as they are too dense and will not allow large fish to use them for cover. I have thought about dropping some of the home made PVC "trees" in a couple of spots myself.

If I may ask, what part of the lake are you on?


Bobo

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I am in the #9 area Longtown

I guess everybody has their own idea of what works best. after listening to all the suggestions, I used both PVC and cedar trees. Before I put out the cedar, I thinned the trees by cutting out about I/3 to 1/2 of the branches. My dock seems to work very well (according to all the fisherman that fish it when I'm not there)I have approx. equal amounts of each under my dock

So what did you guys think of the chain idea that the video showed? I haven't seen anything like it on any of the message boards that i've looked at.

Good idea.

I fish a dock that has PVC only, sure nice not getting hung up on brush. Buy PVC or lures??? for main member use 2" light weight sewer pipe and drill holes for as many 1/2 cross pcs you want to use then hang from dock. Will be there for ever.

Use bamboo. You don't get hung on it too much and it works better than PVC IMO.

We've always used cedars under our dock -- hanging by the top with rocks weighted to the bottom. This helps spread the branches out so they aren't so dense. We tried PVC several years ago and never had any luck. It was nice not getting hung up instead of pulling the cedar up to get released. But I'll deal with the hassle of pulling the trees up in order to get better results.

There is everything under the sun submerged at the marina where I fish the most, (Thunderbird), and they are all productive at times but the most "quality" crappie and most consistent is where the bamboo is. In my personal slip, I have and in the order of most productive, buckets with limbs of trees I trimmed around my house, christmas trees , and pvc.

I have a dock that sets as deep as 28 feet. I have the pvc but the only thing that seems to like it is catfish. The trees work much better for me. They are tied to the dock. Every Christmas I drive the neighborhood and load up Christmas trees and add to my underwater forest.