How well do you guys think tobacco sticks in coffee cans filled with concrete would stay put on a lake like cumberland? Will it work good or does a person need to use cinder block filled with concrete instead?
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How well do you guys think tobacco sticks in coffee cans filled with concrete would stay put on a lake like cumberland? Will it work good or does a person need to use cinder block filled with concrete instead?
Both styles you mentioned will be prone to turning over in areas with much current or in shallower water where wave action is a problem. Generally if current or wave action is an issue the bigger the footprint the better.
Ok thanks & I appreciate it.
Can always use cross sticks through the bottom of the coffee can to make the footprint bigger
Jack I thought about that but figured if I was going to do that I may as well use a two hole block & fill both of them with quick Crete. I trying to do it as cheap as possible but may need to spend the little extra to be sure they’ll stay put. I’m talking about sinking them on Cumberland & at times it has a lot of current especially in spring after big rains. I sure don’t want to do all the work just to see them end up down around Nashville. :Rofl ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
I made some with 2 hole blocks. They are certainly heavy. I also made some with a poured concrete base. I used a rubber feed pan from Tractor supply. It made for a wider more stable base.
I'm thinking it wouldn't take much wood to float (or make it somewhat bouyant) a coffee can size concrete base.
Did the block stay put good?Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Don't get caught doing it. I know you are not suppose to put stake beds in at cumberland. Unless, the rules has changed....
Just depends on who you talk too because i was told lastyear that i could get a permit to legally sink brush or pvc. I couldn't cut any from shore but could use what was down.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabeye
Well, it has been I few years since I talked to them prolly all different now...
Likely you can get a permit .... but, they're going to want the GPS coords, and then they have the right to include those coords on their maps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
The biggest problem I can see with dropping brush at Cumberland is the water level drop of around 40ft, from Summer Pool to Winter Pool. You drop them for Summer Pool fishing & they'll be exposed by Fall .... drop them for Winter Pool fishing and they'll be too deep by Spring.
Pappy he specifically said he didnt want gps wayppoints & i was talking to the main individual to grant them. I'm also thinking about dropping them for winter & a few for summer. Mainly winter though becausde it's easier to find them in summer until around september or so when the natural cover comes out of the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
OK ... then I'd go by what he said. I was just going by the "history" of the subject matter. I think one reason they didn't want people dropping brush/pvc was because they didn't want people dropping them in navigation lanes or spots that people generally use for swimming or skiing purposes ... so they wouldn't become a hazard. :twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
Oh no doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Several years ago i put some stuff out in cumberland. I had to get a permit and record all waypoints and give back to them. The permit was good for about 2 months i think.depending on which end of lake you are going to put stuff you had to go to somersdt office or the office at wolf creek dam
As stated earlier. The lake goes up and down up to 50 ft so it was difficult to put them in depths you want because of a limited time you could fish them where they were not either out of water or real deep
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Originally Posted by rangerBobj