New Condo design.

[ERNEST PATY]

4" pipe in bucket of concrete. 5 sets of 1" holes thru it.

5 10' pieces of 3/4" pvc with holes for cable ties.

Put the 5 pipes thru the center piece. attach a willow branch to each end of each pipe with cable ties (thru holes in pipe to hold in place.) Stand a short branch upright in the center pipe and launch.

It should produce for a long time. Even after the leaves drop off there will be a lot of cover.

I will advise.

[Gamblinman]

That looks fantastic, but how do you launch it....with a crane?

[sea-sons]

Good looking condo. We've been putting those type out for several years now. I got lucky and have access to an unlimited amount of 6" pvc. Ours look very simular to yours. But we cut out bigger holes in the pipe and stick several bamboos in each hole. If you wait and put them together in the boat, you can take 6 or 8 at a time for deployment. I use a large plastic pan for a mold and pour 40lbs of quickcrete in it. You just need to use a 2" hole saw to put 4 holes in the pvc near the bottom where they'll be in the crete to make the pvc hold tighter. If you use large bamboos, you can make a condo that has a 25' diameter. When sticking the boos in the hole, overlap them about 2' or 3' and put a plastic tie around them on each side.

[WhitePerchJerker]

Good design, larger PVC is seems to be easy to come by.

[NIMROD]

Would be great if you could retrive and replace willows every few years. Willow don't last long in the water.

[poppop]

Sea-sons I was gonna plug your same condo design but you beat me to it.

[shipahoy41]

Looks great Ernest. How about replacing the Willow with 1.5 inch pvc? You could even add plastic pennants or something as attractors on the pvc limbs. Just thinking outside the box my friend. Take care and stay in touch.

Mike

[kycreek]

That will hold fish for sure.

[ERNEST PATY]

Here it goes. Now that you all know where it's at you can keep me posted on how it's producing. :grin:

[Hanr3]

Nice job. Got any pics of it on the sonar?:D