Artificial Stumps

**BigKyd** · 11-18-2009, 06:06 PM

I've been collecting buckets for bamboo condos and it struck me that an upside down bucket sitting on the floor of my garage kinda looks like a small tree-stump.

I'm thinking about taking some of the buckets and trying to figure out a way to sink them to make a man made stump field. I'm thinking maybe the best way to do it would be to find a way to make the bucket float and then tie it to a cinder block where it would suspend a foot or two off the bottom, do yall think they would attract fish?

I'm thinking maybe cut up some foam pool noodles and glue them to the bottom of the inside of the bucket and then use some sort of spray in foam to encase them in and protect them from getting waterlogged. I found some spray foam at lowes used for sealing the gaps between stones on artificial waterfalls that is supposed to be fish and plant safe.

I am wondering if I should try to paint the buckets a darker color to make them look more natural, the buckets I have are all either white or yellow. Also, I am considering using aquarium glue to affix lengths of bamboo to the outside of the buckets to provide for algea growth to make them more attractive to the fish.

what do yall think, is it worth trying?

**rocket rich** · 11-18-2009, 07:09 PM

I've Made Bucket Stump Beds For Years And They Do Work, Try To Sink Them In A Circle 8-10 Buckets Each, Cut Handles Off So You Don't Hook Up
Drill Holes In Bottom And One In The Side Top Use The Top Hole To Sink With Rope Or Cable And Of Course Some Heavy Stuff To Hold It On The Bottom I Never Painted Them Just Clean Any Paint Or Whatever Out Of Them Bluegill Really Like It And Crappie Do To. Make Sure Rope Is Long Enough To Get To The Bottom And Pull Rope Back To Boat.. Fish Will Actually Be In The Bucket. No Joke

**sea-sons** · 11-29-2009, 06:22 AM

You guys must really have alot of buckets.

**Gamblinman** · 11-30-2009, 10:02 AM

Make sure to get a good visual mark of there location because they are hard to see on a locator without SI. Just not enough structure off the bottom for definition.

Gman

**tonyh** · 12-01-2009, 10:49 PM

Y not just fill the bucket with quick-crete then when it sets dump it out. or even but something like a ball or balloon in it and make it hollow...Wont uses as much crete.

**fish_4_all** · 12-07-2009, 12:55 PM

Take a 5 gallon bucket, find a small one that fits inside it with about 1 inch clearance, mix up some quick Crete and make a permanent one.

To use the buckets, make it even easier. Get a 5 pound brick, a 4 foot section of PVC, and a bucket. Connect the PVC to the brick and to the center of the bucket. Drill some holes to sink it and voilà. A bucket off the bottom that has no chemical or anything added. Again, put some eye hooks in the top and you can snag them and move them later if you want to. Or you can snag them by dragging a rope around the PVC toward the bottom.

**SMITTY 58D** · 12-08-2009, 10:39 PM

Interesting.

**SpeckWick** · 12-17-2009, 08:50 PM

Why not just fill the buckets half full of rocks or sand and sink them that way? That way all you are out is the cost of buckets, which is 0$ for most. Make sure to drop them hard so they sit firm on the bottom.

**REDEYE50** · 12-18-2009, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by SpeckWick

Why not just fill the buckets half full of rocks or sand and sink them that way? That way all you are out is the cost of buckets, which is 0$ for most. Make sure to drop them hard so they sit firm on the bottom.

THATS THE WAY WE DO IT. JUST FIND A GRAVEL BANK CLOSE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO DROP THEM, ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF SCOUPS OF DIRT OR GRAVEL. THEN BACK OUT TO THE DROP OFF POINT AND YOU ARE DONE. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE HANDLES THEY RUST OFF, THOUGHT I WOULD BUT HAVENT YET! I KNOW GUYS THAT HAVE OVER 1000 BUCKETS OUT. LARGE STUMP FIELD!! THEY WORK

**SpeckWick** · 12-19-2009, 10:42 PM

Sounds like they would. I have a large flat in mind on my home lake here in Ohio that could use some. Trouble is we aren't "allowed" to sink any cover here in NO-HIO and the flat is wide open to view from a couple different parking lots and ramps. It does get dark early here this time of year though.......

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