I got some cedar slabs and concrete blocks . Today I bought 5 lbs of galvenized 2'' nails and 2 lbs of coated deck screws. Now I just could use some help. Maybe Slabbandit will post some pictures.:D
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I got some cedar slabs and concrete blocks . Today I bought 5 lbs of galvenized 2'' nails and 2 lbs of coated deck screws. Now I just could use some help. Maybe Slabbandit will post some pictures.:D
Hey NIMROD, Will help as soon as I can. I saw that stakebed sitting up on your boat when we went to town. Looks good!
Man I wish it was not a 3 hour drive to Nimrod. I would love to help will the build and help with some of those slabs.
Drop me a message with abouts when you plan on pullin this together, I live over in Faulkner county, so I might be able to make a run up thar to help out...
Holler if your up this way fishing. I build brushpiles/condos/stakebeds most days and fish only days when the sun comes up .:D
Slabbandit I got a load of pine tongue and groove flooring. I only need buckets or blocks now. Think the fish will care what type of wood it is ?:confused:
I'm sure it would last a couple of years anyway. Hey, if it's free use it!
I got some wood frams with plastic corners. I screwed and nailed them together better. Now to add up rights for stake beds and weights. Also some light pallets and tore off extra slats to use for up rights.:D Need to get more blocks or buckets and sink them soon.:D
So here's the question of the day. I have been building stakebeds for prolly 15 years in a local lake here and we have about 30 built. generaly we head over to the local saw mill and pick up a truck load of stakes. Usually only costs about 5 bucks for an f-150 truck bed full of them. The stakes range from 1 x 4 to 2 x 2. We get the stakes in the 8 to 9 ft length range.
The stake beds we build are usually 17-20 ft long and prolly 5 to 6 feet wide. We build them soo big cause usually in spring and fall you can sit on a stake bed for an hour and catch prolly 20-30 slabs. Our beds are usually in 4 - 5 ft of water near few good stumps. We usually drive the stakes into the bottom of the lake without attaching them to anything.
The question of the day is can you produce the same results with building PVC dish pan beds as you can with the ones we build.
Hey Kendall2007, Sounds like you have quite a bit of experience with stakebeds. I have an aluminum stake driver that I had built a few years ago. I am wondering if driving them into the lakebed on shallow beds would not be better than building a frame.
I'd like to hear more about your stakebeds some time as NIMROD and I are going to build a bunch.
I had some really good brushpiles in 8 to 10 feet of water that I put in in '04 that have produced several 2 lb fish the last couple of years. Haven't done very well at all this year and I noticed that the piles are not as tall as they used to be. I guess it couldn't hurt to add to them now.
I'm really wanting to put out a few stakebeds this year if I can find the time to Get with NIMROD and build some.
It's tough to build them with a fishing pole in hand.:D David, I have some lumber you can have , you'll just need some screws to put it together. Stop and pick it up if you want it.
I'm building some today and hope to sink them this week.:D I put out some last week also. Till the water gets stable , stakebeds are time well spent.;)
I'll come by and see what you got this weekend. I noticed in the paper that they are dropping the lake almost a foot a day! Have you been doing any good? Richard said that my replacement charger is in. I'll bring your's back this weekend.
I have not been since Thursday and will try tomarrow if the weather permits. I don't like fishing falling water most of the time. Hopefully the fall will slow down and we won't get anither flood!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by slabbandit
I've got a pair of stake beds on the boat.:cool:
What about going to the outing for Crappie.com
Dealing with trying to get another car and got to help do some stuff for my Mom and Dad right now. Can't make any plans right now.
If you have experiece with your lake or body of water freezing over then your best bet is to wait until the water is at its lowest point.......usually in october when its starts to cool. and i would frive them into the lake bed flush to the surface or just under the surface and try to find some way to mark it visually either on the bank or a soda bottle tied to a stake.
Hey Kendall, That's what I had in mind as our lake doesn't freeze and they only drop it 2 feet to winter level. I really would have done better during this spawn if I would have had some 5 foot stakebeds. All my brushpiles are in deeper water. I'll probably get my waders on and drive some in 2 1/2 to 3 feet of water this fall after they lower the lake back down in Oct.