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    Default Hanging structure from floating dock?


    Our floating dock is near the mouth of a cove on a very busy lake. The dock catches a good amount of wake from the large vessels that frequent the main channel. We would like to suspend structure from the dock, but I am curious if the bouncing structure would hold any fish?

    So my thought would be to somehow anchor the structure to the bottom, use rope/chain and pvc pipe to build the brush, and a float just below the dock floats to keep the structure upright in the water column, and then rope/chain to the dock so it can be retrievable.

    Is this a bad idea?

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    You may want to check this out.
    https://www.amazon.com/Crappie-Condo...fish+attractor

    or a you tube video of how to build your own.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgcfp81i_M



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    I would definitely be building them myself so I can control and experiment with size and density.

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    My best luck has been hanging cedar trees from the dock,that way you know the depth of the trees. Tie the rope to the top of the tree and fix a concrete block to the bottom of tree. So the tree is upright with the weight on the bottom.
    Regardless of water depth with the lake level rise and fall your trees will always be at a known depth.

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    I am using pvc for longevity. This lake tends to deteriorate softwood pretty quick.

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    If placed under water a few feet it should work with heavy weight on bottom to hold down . We don't have docks most lakes I fish . But thinking about hanging some on bluff banks on a river drop . Think about brush piles in most shallower lakes with lots of boat traffic . The wakes have to shake the brush but fish still hold on them .
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