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Put together 7 brush piles today. Made 6 that are 6' tall and 1 that is 12' tall. Hope to sink them sometime over the next week or so. I think the crappie will be happy.
I put plastic bags in the buckets this time. I'm hoping I will be able to pull the buckets off and reuse them after the concrete cures. We'll see how it goes. I'll post the results here in a few days. Attachment 360087Attachment 360088
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Those look good. I made quite a bit of structure last winter and I used cardboard boxes instead of buckets. It worked great and was free. I got the idea from Lowe175 on here.
Those sure look good and will draw a lot of fish. One thing you can try is spray inside of bucket with generic Pam before putting bag in. Make it a lot slicker.
Also drill a hole in the bottom of the bucket, I put part of the concrete sack over the hole.
After it dries, put an air nosel in the hole and give it a puff of air it will come right off.
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Those look good, will work fine
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That 12 footer is a monster. Lots of places for fish to hide.
I didnt have any luck with trash bags in the bucket. So here is what I did.....I cut the bucket on 2-3 sides to get the hardened concrete out. Then I put another trash bag in the bucket and used bungee cords or rope, or ratchet straps to hold the bucket shape, poured dry concrete in and added water and structure. Then when it has dried undo the straps.
Finally able to get on the water yesterday. Dropped 5 of these and then went fishing. When I was done fishing, I decided to ride over one of the new piles just to look at it. I be dang if the fish weren't already on the pile. I just had to drop a jig and catch one lol. Caught a 9" Fish on the the first drop. Put him back and left. Looks like the piles were a success. Now time to build more. Plan to drop the 12' pile on my next trip out.
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Awesome. Nice knowing all your hard work will pay off.
How do you keep them standing upright? Or does that really matter?
How did the bags work out?
They worked fine for me. I held they tree up and tapped the rim of the buckets with a hammer and they came right off.
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The bamboo is full of air. They sink slow and straight down. None of mine have fallen over yet. Not saying they won't if a strong current comes through. We'll seeSent from my SM-G973U using Crappie.com Fishing mobile appQuote:
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Bamboo is my favorite to fish and produce. If you use the bigger stalks of bamboo be sure to drill a small hole top and bottom in the bigger cells to let the air out or they may float. Won my first tourney out of a stand of buckets not much different than yours.
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Did not take your advice and up until now I haven't had any issues. Took another set of piles out yesterday to drop. Put one of the 12' trees out in 22' of water and it floated. 6" Of the tree top was showing. I had to pull the tree to the back of a cove and left it in 12' of water next to the bank. I'm sure it will still be there the next time I go out. I plan to take my drill with me and put some holes in the center stalk after pulling it out in deeper water. Bet I do this to all of my trees going forward. Lesson learned.Sent from my SM-G973U using Crappie.com Fishing mobile appQuote:
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