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How do you guys drive stakes into deeper water, say 8'-12'
deep? It's not allowed in public waters here in Ohio, but I may use some tobacco stakes in a private lake and wanted to place them in mid depths or deeper. I can't think of a real easy way to get those stakes to the bottom and get enough leverage to push them in enough to hold. I know a lot of guys use concrete buckets or whatever. I am looking for a way to put them directly into the lake bottom. Any advice?
i took two pcs of 1.5 inch pvc pipe and ran two galvanized bolts through the bottom section in the figure of a cross at varying depths depending on the depth of water i was driving them in and how much of the stake i wanted to stick up. i joined the pvc with a union so i could break it down for storage. with a 10 ft section i can drive stuff pretty easily in 8.5 ft of water or less. anything over 9 and you really need another small section.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeckWick
Some folks do it this way..
YouTube - Crappie Fishing - How to make a crappie stake bed
"Some folks" huh? I am sure I probably know a few of those folks myself. Thanks for the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by JusFshn
Let me know how that works for ya... Gps coord. will be plenty payment enough for the link... :)
I hear you about wanting to stick the stakes directly into the lake bottom--that's a good way to go.
For deeper water, I've been considering using pieces of re-bar as the anchoring method. If you have a 10-ft piece of re-bar, you can tie 11 wooden stakes to it. Ideally, when you drop it, the re-bar would lay flat on the bottom and the wood stakes would float vertically. A few of these laid down parallel or near each other would make a pretty good stake bed. I got some re-bar scrap that I've wanted to try this with, but haven't done it yet. Also, I'm thinking the re-bar might need some more weight, like a brick or two, to get all that wood down.
Hey TeqSheriff, won't the rebar rust? Is that the best thing to sink in a lake? Also, it seems the stakes would be able to sway quite a bit that way. Not sure that it would matter much.\
JusFshn, I'll gladly TRADE you some GPS coordinates. But I get yours first with a 100% guaruntee. That way if I don't slay 'em on yours, you don't get mine....Sounds like a fair deal to me.lol
try this,got this driver from this siteQuote:
Originally Posted by SpeckWick
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Originally Posted by SpeckWick
Sounds like you want the gold mine and then give me the shaft.....:p
Besides, people can't hide their stuff anymore... With 2" seperation from Humminbird's side imaging there isn't a whole lot that gets past em'...:D
Just kidding there JusFshn, I'd never ask anyone for their secret spots. Now, if someone were to volunteer them, I'm all ears. But I don't mind putting in the work to make or find my own. Now doubt it's hard to hide stuff anymore with the side imaging. Good thing is that only one out of twenty boats, if that, have one. So most guys will still pass over it unless they see you fishing it and come back. The way I see it, if you can find it, have at it, but I hate squatters.
Squatters... I didn't know they had a name for em'... LM@O!
Squatter- My name for the guy who watches you fish a submerged piece of structure, waits for you to leave, then sits(squats) on it the rest of the day and every day thereafter. He isn't willing to do the work of making or finding his own, but totally willing to beat yours to death.
I found and fished a submerged brush pile in a cove on my home lake last year. Fished it every time out for most the year. A guy in a pontoon watched me one day, then it seemed like he and his group of 4 or 5 buddies were there every time I went back after that.......SQUATTERS.
I found and fished a submerged brush pile in a cove on my home lake last year. Fished it every time out for most the year. A guy in a pontoon watched me one day, then it seemed like he and his group of 4 or 5 buddies were there every time I went back after that.......SQUATTERS.
__________________Now wait,You said you found & fished it(didn't put it out)Fished it every time out for most of the year,(Squatter??) Now that some one else is doing the same thing that you did,He has a name???:confused:JMO,,,,,
When you put stuff in the lake it instantly becomes public property. I have come to terms with this and can live with it. There is so much cover out there, and so many fisherman with sophisticated electronics you can't keep it a secret. I do, however, despise the squatters that follow you and next time you go out they are fishing your spots.
We've been using a driving pole since the late 90's. Same style as above but made out of a 10' stick of 3/4" aluminum conduit. We would put a reducer bushing from 2" to 3/4" on the bottom instead of the wood insert so that the driver had a little weight to it. It helps when you are driving the beds on the edge of a drop and the bottom is really hard. Also we put a coupling on the top end and leave it open so that air escapes when your putting the stake in the water and you can add different length pieces to extend your driver. As far as them bushwackers are concerned, its just something you've gotta live with. Sooner or later, that sidefinder technology is gonna be cheaper and there will be more of 'em.
On my depth finder, I cannot tell if the brush pile on the screen is natural or man-made. When items, like condos, stake beds and brush piles are placed in public lakes, they become public property because (on Corps lakes) and most public lakes, "Waters of the US" fills the lakes.
I put out my fair share of brush piles etc., but when doing so on a public lake, then you must rememeber that all "additions" are in the public domaine. If you are sensitive about others fishing "your spot," then, to allieviate your anxiety, perhaps you should consider fishing (and enhancing) a private lake.
A public lake is a public lake is a public lake. Live and let live, buddy. Life's too short to hate anyone--or to even be annoyed by others that happen to be fishing "your" brush piles. :)
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Man you guys are touchy. No offense meant by the squatter thing. Your points are well taken. I'm not saying they shouldn't fish it or that I own the stuff. Sorry to have ruffled some feathers.
As far as the ideas for stake drivers, thank you. I will put one of them to use I'm sure.