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Anybody ever build any stake beds by driving wooden stakes into the bottom of a lake?
I got to thinking about the best way to create a lot of cover and I think a stake bed would be it. I could load up 100-200 wooden stakes into my boat and build a post driver with a long handle so I could drive them into the bottom in 10-15' of water. That would be quicker and easier to me than taking out a few at a time in buckets or attached to pallets.
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Someone posted about it years back. But it was in 4-5ft. How would the buoyancy at that depth affect the driver? Otherwise go for itQuote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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Attachment 278048 Yep it works Buckets of Cain works very good also
Well if you make it work you might have a $ maker on you hands
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I've seen beds of stakes driven in the mud in a few places where they draw the water down. I guess it works.
Folks have been doing that for many years.
Anyone do something similar in Eastern NC? I have my eye on a nice river that has holes from 10 to 30 feet. Im debating doing concrete blocks with cement and push bamboo into the cement. Probably the cheapest easiest thing I can do besides gather up Christmas trees after the holiday.
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I found a huge stake bed on ky lake last summer while swimming on my houseboat. Scared the crap out of me because my granddaughters like jumping off the top. Fortunately they didn't that day. Now that I know where it is, I have it marked for fishing
Stake beds will definitely hold fish! Been thinking about making beds with boo
I have been doing this for about 3 years on Truman Lake in Missouri. I suggest that you drive fairly close to existing cover or make a huge bed as they are not really easy to verify that you are fishing in the cover. That's both a good thing and a bad thing. If you can't find them think how hard it is for others to find them. Not everyone is adept at 360 or SI.
Get ready for a really good upper body/cardio workout. Even driving them in the silted bottom of Truman will raise heart rate.
My driver is a 10' section of 1.5" plastic with a cap on the end. You don't want it sinking when you drop it. Then a 1.5 to 3" adapter and the business end is a 2' section of 3". Drill several 3/8 or 1/2" holes in the 3" section to allow air to escape. I also cut a piece of 1" oak and screwed into the upper end of the 3" where it attaches to the adapter. This gives a solid, and even spot to whack the stakes.
For smaller stakes I also have one with a 2" piece instead of ther 3"
Thanks very much for all the replies. My plans were to make a driver similar to what I've used 1000's of times to drive T posts on our farm, except with a long handle on it. I am going to make it light enough to keep from getting too fatigued, but heavy enough that it won't take but one or two licks to drive the slats. Good idea about it needing to float. I might just tie a rope with a float to it. I can design it so that it will have little bouyancy and also where there will be little water resistance when driving the stakes.
If you've been thinking about doing on Guntersville, we can hook up if you want and make us both some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob D
Stake beds work great. If you can build them in deeper water, so much the better.
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Got a pile of 3-4’stakes going to screw them to pallets take off most the pallet boards hope this helps em sink and going to use 2 old fashion concrete blocks per pallet and see how well they stay down also got some Cain to cut too .
Pallets make another great steak bed. Pull slats off and reconnect them in a vertical position then put a weight on the pallet and send it down!
If youuse pallets like that how many would you put in one area?
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2-3 is ok 3-4 works real good. I like to use zip ties when fixing the slats vertical, that way they don't rust out and the thing doesn't fall apart.
Theres a bunch of old pallets around work that are no good to use.ill have to try that.
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I made a video a few years back about driving stake beds. Look on YouTube for Stake Bed 101. There is no sound but script in on the screen. We drove 1000 stakes in about 2 1/2 hrs out of a bass boat. Works great. Need two people, three would be great.