Gonna try and build some structures, first timer doing so, which of the 3 styles in your opinion would be most productive? thanks
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Gonna try and build some structures, first timer doing so, which of the 3 styles in your opinion would be most productive? thanks
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I really like the bottom best I think it would be easier to fish.
I like that one also because I can make it 6-8 foot in lengthQuote:
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yea I may make some like that except I'm going to use wood uprights looks like a great idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike58
Not a good idea to use treated wood .Some states don't allow putting some stuff in the water . I would use quickcrete to set pipe if it was me .
Like I tell others...Crappie cover has to serve a purpose for Crappie! It has to provide safe hiding, ambush pints, shade and rest area, or a food station. And then you try to provide cover in areas that connect their entire environment so it continually produces throughout the year.
So what does your cover provide? How many Crappie can fit in It? How many pieces of cover are needed to hold enough crappie to fish it, and if you take fish, what does it provide to attract mored fish so it will replenish?
And Nimrod is correct, treated wood is normally "treated" with Arsenic or other poisons to deter bugs and deterioration....not a good Crappie attractor!lol
I really like the first one, all plastic.
Thanks for the input guys, i never thought about the treated lumber so glad you pointed it out. Originally i started drilling holes in 4" pvc sewer pipe, but i had lots of trouble breaking the pipe with paddle bit, regular bit, auger bit and forsener bit. That was getting very frustrating So i decided to switch to wood upright. Not sure what type of drill bits you use with pvc but i was tired of buying 7/8ths inch bits at @20 bucks a pop looking for one that wouldn't break the plastic. Ill have to switch the upright to regular wood.
Mike
Hardwood limbs or timber will last for decades...
I've made a lot of PVC 'trees' with 4-5' long 4-6" PVC trunks and longer pieces of smaller pipe about like you're using stuck through. A holesaw makes drilling PVC a breeze
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i like the one without the wood (1st one),i use that but i insert bamboo in the pipe.i use 1" to 1 1/4 " pipe.works great for us.
I just made some pvc ones like your 2nd picture. I put 3 of them about 7' tall next to each other. so I pick #2.
Sardis Reservoir!!!!!!!!! Please!!!
I took my 4” pvc pipe with me to the tool getting place, we tried a large variety of different bits, even a hole saw, they all seemed to break a larger hole into the pipe. I was using 4” sdr 35 pvc , it’s not very thick, are you using schedule 40?Quote:
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I've put holes in thin pvc by heating a metal rod and melting a hole through it. It helps if you grind a point on the metal rod first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike58
I was using 6" pipe from the garden section at lowes, not sch 40 very thin walled for stuff like French drains. If you can't get a hole the same size as your pipe for the "limbs" put a small self tapping screw on each side to keep the limb from sliding out. A big box of self tappers is cheap
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Found a picture of them. This was the first time I had made em and since I found a source for free buckets with lids. Cut em in half and have 2 buckets. Sand the pipe with 220 grit sandpaper to make deep ridges that will hold algae growth much better
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We use 60 grit paper because it is quicker and cuts deeper....you can use even more aggressive sandpaper, but we found out you can find 60 grit at almost all discount stores, so you can save money.Quote:
Originally Posted by RK1
Put a bunch of these out!
I keep hearing about using treated lumber but what type of lumber is used in building docks and how many thousands of fish are caught around and under docks each year. If treated lumber affected the fish there would be no need to shoot docks as there would be no fish under them. Use the treated lumber if you have it. My :twocents worth.
I disagree about treated wood, every pier on my home lake is treated wood and i wear they fish out by them. I say use what ever you have.Quote:
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+1 Thats my thoughts.Quote:
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2 different types of wood...docks or "water wood" is Marine grade. It is normally harder wood, pressure treated specifically for no or very slow release of chemicals. "Above ground wood" is normally softer wood, not treated the same, and can release poisons in water quickly.
I did some quick google searches and found a few interesting things about treated lumber:
Is pressure treated wood safe for docks?
A: According to a number of jurisdictions across North America, yes, it is safe to use today's pressure-treated wood for docks, rafts and other water contact structures. The pressure-treated lumber you buy today does not contain arsenic, as it did up to four years ago.Aug 16, 2008
Manufacturers of pressure treated wood reached a voluntary agreement with EPA to end the manufacture of pressure treated wood for most consumer application by December 31, 2003. EPA has indicated that some stocks of wood treated with CCA b
efore this date might still be found on shelves until mid-2004. Pressure treated wood will still be available for certain commercial applications, such as wharves and bridges, where little human contact would occur.
Sounds like in 2003 the EPA required no more CCA treated lumber.
I hadn't thought about it until I was reading your post but I remember warning tags on treated wood down at the big box stores pertaining mainly to cutting the wood and breathing the dust but I don't recall seeing any of them on the wood now. Maybe they still are but I don't think so, will have to take a look next time I go down there if there are no longer any tags then it sounds like no problem using it in the water.
CCA treated wood was stopped for residential application....It is still used for permanent foundations and commercial uses.
Finished up the structures today, used up all the pipe and materials I purchased, have 118 bucks in these, and a lot of work, hope they produce. Thanks to all of you who have commented, and shared their thoughts and opinions
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They both work as I use them.