Thread: Tractor Tires?

It seems that PROPERLY secured MODERN ie post- 1980s tires (partially filled with cement and with a hole drilled in the top to allow the trapped air to escape) are biologically "inert" at least I fresh water as far as have read from the few scientifically DOCUMENTED reports that have read so far.... The jury is still "out" as far as them "leaching" chemicals using them in salt water. PRE- 1980s tires apparently can "leach" because they were made without those chemicals that allow longer wear and exposure. If the tire has any sign of "crumbling"/ deterioration it is almost certainly a pre-1980s tire and would NOT recommend using it...

I know it's a little late to comment on this thread BUT, I have a buddy who noodles here in Oklahoma lakes and he says he has found several LARGE DEAD FLATHEADS in tractor tires. He speculates they get in and can't find their way out. I don't know if the reason is right or not but he said it makes him sick every time he finds one. I would NEVER put a tractor tire in a lake. Just my 2 cents worth!

I grab fish also I have never found one dead in a tire, tree, drum, bank, log, boat ramp, etc in 25 yrs but they didn't live long after I got them out. I have no idea why he is finding them dead but I can assure you it's not the tire itself killing them. I have heard of big fish squeezing into small holes and I've caught fish in small holes and like to never get them out. Maybe that's what happened? And if that's the case no much you can do about that.