Thread: Sinking Christmas trees

One block should do it for a 5-6' Christmas tree. The way we do it is we shove the base of the trunk in one of the holes in the block and then use 1/4" rope to tie it all up. We used to sink hundreds of Christmas trees in our lakes. We have dumped 300-400 hundred in a cove on Greers Ferry. We dove on the piles a couple of summers ago and we could hardly find any of the trees. It wasn't that the trees disappeared. It was just the fact that they are so small and insignificant compared to other types of brush pile materials. If you continue to use the Christmas trees, I would make giant piles with them and not spread them out over a large area.

Depends where your putting them. Back in the spring and summer the river got up to 300,000 cfs so if you put them out in the main river channel I'm sure they got swept away. I've also heard of people hooking on to other peoples tops and relocating to their spots.

What unit are you using to locate your brush? Have you had any trouble locating other piles with it? Just wondering because Cedar trees generally show up fairly well on most electronics.

Did you drop the brush prior to the floods a few months ago? That can cause some pretty serious current in the lake, which could have easily moved your brush if it wasnt anchored well.
Cedar isnt too hard to sink, so 2 blocks should be plenty of weight.

I would recommend using hardwood for future builds. Cedar is just too snaggy and too thick for those big Dardanelle slabs! Plus, it doesnt last nearly as long as others.

I use Humminbird 899 di si hd so I know they are moving on me. I can see them good on the unit when I drop and mark them. I put most in the Illinois Bayou area, so I assume that it is current. Hadn't really thought if someone relocating them. I was putting one block per tree, so I guess I'll try two blocks this year. The few trees that stayed where I put them did provide me with a lot of fillets last spring !!

Cinder blocks are the new concrete blocks don't weight as much as older concrete blocks. I sit the blocks on a sheet of plastic on plywood, fill one hole with Quick Crete/Sack Crete. I add more rock so it will go farther, 4 shovel fulls per 80 lb bag. After that hole cures I tie the tree in the other hole. Lay the plastic on loose dirt or sand and place the blocks with trees on it. Fill the hole with the tree with concrete. This make one block weigh about the same as 2.

What he said X2! I get real old concrete blocks and many have added concrete from old houses being torn down . The new cinder blocks are lightweight . Are you using cedar trees or old store bought trees ? The ones sold on lots are much like pines and don't last long .

I still say we drain conway to the channel, clear out some of the standing timber in strategic locations, and drive in thousands of stakes that a jig wont get hung on.



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Originally Posted by blueducklane

clear out some of the standing timber in strategic locations

Thems fighting words around here blueduck! The trees are what makes Conway, Conway.