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Reply With QuoteI would just haul as big as possiable out and sink with concrete blocks . We use Sweet Gum boards in our stakebeds when mills have scraps
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Sweet gum for crappie habitat?
Sweet gum trees please tell me what you all think about using them for crappie habitat. How long they well last in water. Good or bad? How much weight to sink them. How crappie relate to them as good habitat. Sink them green with leaves or dried. I know osage orange is better but I can get all the sweet gum that I can sink as a friend of mine hates it being on his property. I did a search on this and did not find a lot of information on sweet gum for crappie habitat. I am thinking about cutting then about 6' tall putting them in 5 gal. bucket with concrete for weight and placing in about 10'-12' water. Good idea or waste of time. Thank you in advance for any input on this.
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I would just haul as big as possiable out and sink with concrete blocks . We use Sweet Gum boards in our stakebeds when mills have scraps
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Here is a chart on wood hardness. I'd sink green with leaves.
The Janka Hardness Test for Hardwoods
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I wonder what those trees are worth to a landscaper? They are nasty trees to clean up after the seed balls drop, but they are very beautiful in fall color. Look at this vid, and hire one of these guys, or better yet, get him to go in 50/50 on them.
If you do make crappie piles with them....all wood is good...just that some is better than others. Put them out green because the sap in the tree is a liquid taking up space in the circulation of the tree. When the tree dries out along with the sap, air seeps in and makes it harder to sink.
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Denser woods sink easier and seem to last longer
