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I'm sure you seasoned guys already are aware of this, I just found it, wish I would have seen it last week, my next door neighbor had a tree sitting out in front of their house for a week! I had heard of people sinking brush and old Christmas trees but I was sure if it was still legal.
https://www.agfc.com/en/news/2017/12...ree-this-year/
We get em and sink em, and they work best if they're standing up. Wire the base to a cinder block and pitch it over the side so the block hits first.........down she goes. 5 or 6 around one area about the size of your boat and fish will find them. They're hangy, though!
Yea, I could see how you would get caught on them alot.....but I guess it's worth it if you end up with a little honey hole!
They are OK but much better stuff to use . Down side is short life , fish don't have room to access but edges , in some lakes they tend to moss over with algae , and bad hang ups . We have found driven in wood stake beds or bucket stake beds out last n=by several times , less hangs , and biologists say fish need 10'' spacing to allow them to swim through structures . Do a search of stake beds . There is a video or two about driving stake beds from a boat . Lots on this forum if you search stake beds . Many like to sink Christmas trees cause they are free and good way to dispose of them .
Be aware some lakes like Maumelle have special regulations that don't allow the sinking of structure .
What kind of stakes work best and last the longest? I can get southern yellow pine stakes pretty easy, but I'm not sure they'll last very long
Yep, that's why I'm going to do it, free, easier than building something for now. I put out and email to some co workers and already have 4. The link to the page I listed above list the lakes that are ok for sure to do it....I would check with other lakes before doing it. I may try to build a better/permanent structure some time in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
We use mainly hardwood , mostly Oak but sometimes Red Cedar . It lasts a long time if kept submerged . The Cedar is best if red heartwood instead of the white sap wood which rots faster .
Attachment 285320 Here you go Brad ! I have my eye on plenty I just got to ask for them before they get burned!
I left my phone number with a tree lot one year and got 2 free pick up loads of trees ( still wrapped up tight ) that didn't sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by AR_Crappiefishr
They are usually glad to have somebody come haul them off !
My boss was telling me I should go try that! I might have to look in to that!
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Is that landscape timbers ? Those things would be treated pine ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabprowler
They are a mess to clean up out of the boat especially if you burn them first is the down fall I've found .
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Let me know, I'll come load up a trailer! I just think driving stakes would be so much easier and less fuss than Christmas trees. I'd rather not have to spend a whole Saturday getting sap off my boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabprowler
Now when I grow up and get one of those dump bed pontoon boats like Bama posted, evathang is fair game. :) Good Lord willing, I WILL have one at some point in time.
Yea, I figured that out! I took two out and sunk them today....my boat is a mess! But oh well, if I end up catching a few fish off of it someday it will be worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmowerman43