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We had a yearly cover drop for 13 straight years at our lake.Originally Posted by Catscratch
Unlike Other States who planned reservoirs to have multiple uses, Ohio built flood Reservoirs by bulldozing holes in other wise perfect fishing locations! lol
Our lake was once a Forest, Golf course, gravel pits, river bottom, with railroads, roadbeds, etc...The powers at that time, with all their wisdom, decided to bulldoze the entire area, and make it a barren cereal bowl!
So a bunch of fishermen who all became friends decided to fix it....and we did!
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13yrs is a heck of a streak. Looks like you guys made significant changes. Very impressive!
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Don't laugh I used scrap lumber , 60 lbs of concrete in 5 gallon bucket and that was not enough weight to sink it so I added 2 concrete blocks... towed it out to a under water ridge and after 1 week it's hold Crappie
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Looks great to me. I don't imagine the fish care as long as there are no chemicals in the wood. I have some scrap oak from wood that I milled myself that I plan on using.
Don't laugh I used scrap lumber , 60 lbs of concrete in 5 gallon bucket and that was not enough weight to sink it so I added 2 concrete blocks... towed it out to a under water ridge and after 1 week it's hold Crappie
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Fish in a week seems fast. I would be very happy with those results.
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I've put in over three hundred plastic structures with limited results. Since I've switched to strictly wood and bamboo with immediate success . The wood is just better on my lake
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Minnow
Thanks for the info. I probably wouldn't even consider PVC except for the fact that I perceive it as easier to fish (and I also have tons of cedar and Osage Orange available). It seems like PVC structure would let a hook slide through easier than wood... less snags and better able to fish deep into the cover. Of course if your cover doesn't hold many fish it won't matter how well you can fish it.
I've heard mixed responses to this question; some guys say PVC works fine, other say wood is the way to go.
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It looks like you have buckets full of rocks in one of your pics and no cover/wood sticking out of them. Are these set into the lake like that? Are they for crawfish?
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That was the broken concrete we used for the base of our Freshwater reefs...we set bouys out to mark the precise area, built up the base several feet, then added the hundreds upon hundreds of concrete blocks and then the thousands of ten hole bricks...we watched the reefs grow on some very good electronics and built a pretty perfect reef for craws etc.
Most people who have issues with PVC attracting fish do not build the cover properly for fish. Like I said before, a bucket with 5 or 6 inch and a half pipes does not offer any real cover for 1 fish, let alone a school.
If you build something, step back and vision if a fish can somehow hide in it...if it doesn't offer full shade or protection, then you have to throw wood on it or somehow make it better, so it can hide several fish, or a school. We normally put at least 15 or 20 things together in 1 small area and pack it as tight as possible. We may put 5 or more of these areas in the size of a large basement.
One other benefit of plastic is that it is almost the same density as water...that means it is hard to pick up on electronics. A tree, stump, post, rock, etc., are easily picked up by electronics.
Stained water with organics help hide plastic even more...since the water is denser than plastic.
PVC and other plastic like milk crates, are also hollow, and due to the densities being close, they will allow radar or sonor to pass through easy. Get a good algae base going and it will absorb even more.
Put your plastic in a dropoff, by a lot of rocks, trees, pilings, etc., and it will totally disappear from view by others.
If you make plastic cover correctly, it can be stealthy hidden, and last forever.
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