Fish attractors out of pvc

My fishing buddies and I are going to build several attractors to put out. I’ve seen a lot of people use pvc pipe and we are thinking of doing the same. I’m wondering if algae will grow on it and if so how soon it will start growing in a fairly deep lake that is fairly clear most of the time. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of doing this ?

We put out some last fall. According to what I have read it is best to sand the pvc to promote algae growth.


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Yep...scuff them up a little with some coarse sandpaper

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Sounds good, rough them up and them call us to finish!

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Originally Posted by trypman1

Sounds good, rough them up and them call us to finish!

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you are not getting off that easily.

D 10 on the Arkansas chapter has done a couple of years study on plastic versus wood attractors but he hasn't published anything yet.

As an fish attractor experimenter, PVC has had the worst results of all the materials and methods I have used.
Bamboo has worked the fastest but lasted least amount of time.
In consideration, my lake still has lots of submerged timber for pvc to compete with.
In a lake with absolutely no cover PVC may excel but i'm not sure.

All I can say is you better mark it with GPS extremely well and fish it with faith that you're actually on it because most of the PVC structure I've sunk in the past is nearly impossible to find with downscan or side imaging. I usually know that I'm on it because I can see fish on my graph. Apart from that I'm just guessing.

Thanks for all the responses. We decided to go with bamboo.

I'm making these to drop in a smaller KY lake in a week or two.

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

All I can say is you better mark it with GPS extremely well and fish it with faith that you're actually on it because most of the PVC structure I've sunk in the past is nearly impossible to find with downscan or side imaging. I usually know that I'm on it because I can see fish on my graph. Apart from that I'm just guessing.

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agree; I know where my buckets are (6 to 12' tall pvc/pex) and quite difficult to see w/ lowrance 3n1



Might have put some tin foil in the pvc/pex, but then it'd be easy for ANYONE to see...

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Originally Posted by spindle

you are not getting off that easily.

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Finish or finfish ? lol

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All I can say is you better mark it with GPS extremely well and fish it with faith that you're actually on it because most of the PVC structure I've sunk in the past is nearly impossible to find with downscan or side imaging. I usually know that I'm on it because I can see fish on my graph. Apart from that I'm just guessing.

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That is true. I know where mine are but they are very hard to see on sonar


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Here's how mine showed up on my Garmin.

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I helped put these out 2 1/2 years ago. They were made by Alabama fisheries dept. Attachment 392537