Bucket stake beds

Has anyone ever put out bucket stake beds? I have put 25 in the past 2 weeks. We fill a 5 gal. bucket almost full of quickcrete. Then take wooden stakes 14 to 15 per bucket and make a funnel shape. We leave 2 standing straight up in the bucket. When we put them out we drop 3 or 4 in one spot. They are easy to carry and put out, we are getting the stakes from a local cabinet shop. The only money we are out is for the quickcrete. However if Lowes have busted bags they will sell them to you for $1.00. :) GOD BLESS

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/crapp...pie-build.html

you mean like this? I saw some more somewhere on the site too but I don't have the time to find them right now. Try using the search function. It is a very powerful tool that helps you find info on here fairly expediently and it keeps the site a bit cleaner by doing away with superfluous threads.

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Originally Posted by smashdn

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/crapp...pie-build.html

you mean like this? I saw some more somewhere on the site too but I don't have the time to find them right now. Try using the search function. It is a very powerful tool that helps you find info on here fairly expediently and it keeps the site a bit cleaner by doing away with superfluous threads.

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lol... smart man...

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Originally Posted by thehines

lol... smart man...

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Yeah.. he can use big words like superfluous. :D :p

pointless threads on forums are a pet peev of mine. Makes it harder to find what you need when you do use the search function.

so what if the guy wanted some fresh ideas and some insight from new members who have yet to voice their opinion on "bucket stake beds". How about leaving the arrogance at the log-in page and relax. A person should be able to post as he pleases with out someone calling it a "pointless" thread. If this thread would be considered pointless I guess all the "attaboys" would be considered trash too huh?

Yeah, what he said! ^

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Originally Posted by smashdn

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/crapp...pie-build.html

you mean like this? I saw some more somewhere on the site too but I don't have the time to find them right now. Try using the search function. It is a very powerful tool that helps you find info on here fairly expediently and it keeps the site a bit cleaner by doing away with superfluous threads.

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I hardly thought that this was arrogant and I never said the post was "trash." I noticed that macliljim did not have a very high post count and thought that it was possibly that he (or she) did not know about the search function here on the crappie.com forums.

He also asked "Has any one ever..." From that statement it was a pretty good indication that he hadn't looked around much because the link I posted was from the very first page of the structure sub-forum. I was just wanting to point him in the right direction where he may find threads that provided answers to his questions without starting a completely new one.

The site, with all of its recent growth (a good thing), has gotten noticebly slower to load. If we don't do our best to keep things concise and tidied up the site will get slower and the owner will either have to go through and delete old posts or buy more storage space.

I have seen this happen on much larger forums than this one and just want ot help keep this forum running fast so it doesn't take forever to load or start costing the owner more to run it.

Sorry if i stepped on any ones toes. I would hope that the moderator of this forum would close and delete this thread because, again, it is not constructive and does not hold any real crappie knowledge.

I have recently became a member on this forum. The reason I ask these questions.We have always put out tops. Just started trying these buckets. Thought that someone could help me out with information. I really appreciate the suggestion on the search engine. Thank You. If I have offended anyone with this post sorry. Smashdown if you ever come to North Alabama give me a call we'll go wet a hook!:)

preciate the invite:D

Ok, this site is for people to post what and how they build sets. There is nothing wrong with doing such. There will be no putting members down on the site. If someone wants to show off their build then that is what it is for and it is also for someone to gather info on different types of structure.
If the owner "Slab" wanted it deleted he would have done so already.
This is a family site and a informational site so if you have any ideas or want to post, then do so but keep it clean.
This thread started out just fine. As far as the site being updated well that has already been done recently.

Next time post a picture of your build so we can all see. I'm sure they are not much different than others but it just makes me want to be on the lake even more when I see someone putting structure out for me to fish. LOL just kiddn.

CX.

Unless i missed something, Crappie Xtreme, no has posted in this thread anything that wasn't "clean." I have said my part and explained what my motives were for posting what i did. I did not intend to belittle, or say that anyone's post was "pointless" or "trash." No body was ever "put down."

From what i can tell the person who started this thread appreciated me showing him how to search and find informative threads on this fine forum in a more expediant way.

I agree that it is a great idea to post up your structure builds, especially with pictures. But, as best as I can tell, that was not what macliljim was angling (pardon the pun) to do.

I have no ill feelings toward anyone here and just wish that we could get this thread back on track and post something informative.

Ergo, when I have built stake beds in the past i have used broken or cracked or just crooked tobacco sticks. They are hardwood and are usually very well seasoned and seem to old up really well underwater. I put 8-10 in two hole cinder blocks and then pour some quickcrete into the holes and let dry. The only money I have in them is the quickcrete. the tobacco sticks are just laying out in an old barn we have. I have used the buckets in the past but I have had trouble getting my bucket off of them when it hardened regardless of what method i used (cutting the bucket in half and using screws to hold the halves together and then removing the screws, or a garbage bag, or some kind of "release agent")

I have had my best succes with cruising the lake drift piles and picking up old milk jugs and bleach jugs and then cutting the tops out. then I put in whatever I am using, be it canes or sticks or cedar branches, and fill with quickcrete. I am able to clean up the lake banks a little bit and get some containers that I can just chunk back into the water with some new fish cover in them. I make like a little cane pole forest when i put the smaller ones out because i usually drop five or six in one spot. So instead of having one big pile I have lots of little piles with spaces for fish to hide between them. I am just able to cover more lake bottom with much less effort than trying to push 50 pounds of concrete over the boat rail.

Macliljim, hope this gives you some ideas, sorry I don't have any pictures.

smashdn

I like your idea of the smaller structure, plus the fact that you help clean the lake of excess stuff. With my age and physical problems, as much as I want to, I cant handle the 3-5 gallon buckets of crete. A bunch of small stuff may be the way for me to go.

Wishtofish,

Some of the problems that I have run into by doing it this way are the fact that you need a really calm day to drop them on. If the wind is blowing your rig around you won't end p dropping them close enough together or in the shape you want. The other is because they are a little lighter (the jug ones anyway) they drift and are moved when they drop the lake for the winter. I put them on a lake that is dropped 25 feet in a pretty small amount of time so they did get pulled a bit form where I had them.

However, I always make trips over there in the winter time to duck hunt so while I am there I just set them back in place and dig them down in the gravel.

The cinder block stakebeds have never tipped over on me.