Reply With QuoteHey taylmatr, they will work just fine, but if I were you I would put me some upright stakes on them. Depending on the water depth on how tall to make the stakes but that will improve them a lot more. Pallets make good stake beds.
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pallets for structure
so heres my ? will pallets work for structure i work at a shop and we get alot that are in bad shape and we just throw them away if i wire 2 or 3 together in bundles with a cinder block and sink them will this work? How many should i sink for fish to be attracted to them? Would a large pile work or should i make many smaller ones? sorry for all the questions just never done this before. Owa and i will be putting them out on my familys strip pit if that helps. thanks
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Hey taylmatr, they will work just fine, but if I were you I would put me some upright stakes on them. Depending on the water depth on how tall to make the stakes but that will improve them a lot more. Pallets make good stake beds.
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I used to sink pallets for bass fishing. I would take one pallet and lay it on the ground, then take two other pallets and place onto in an A-frame, then wire all the corners together. I would then take a can of dog food and punch holes in it with a nail , wire that inside the A-frame and sink it.
I say "used to" because it's ALOT of work, very heavy, and takes alot of weight to sink three pallets. Nothing is more disgusting than to flip one of those wired together monsters off the side of your boat and watch it bob barely at the surface. Been there done that.
One of the better known bass tournament fishermen was at the launch early one morning when I showed up to sink a few(you have to make several trips...it's hard to get on plane with this in the boat) and he said you really should nail a piece of plywood to the top of the A-frame to keep from having your lure slip through the cracks and hook a fish.
I say all that to echo the previous sentiments....strip the pallet of as much wood as you can (takes less weight to sink) then put vertical strips on the "frame" for cover.
To lessen the flotation of this kind of stuff, I'm sinking frames with vertical structure made from plastic window blinds. They haven't been down long enough to make a fair assesment, but should work good.
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I agree that pallets make awesome structure but the downside is the amount of weight needed to make them sink. If you are going to use them strip as many wood slats from the base as possible.
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Agree with slabbandit, they are great, long-lasting cover to attract and hold crappie as well as any fish that is attracted to structure or food (minnows, crawdads, etc.) But they are difficult to sink and to hold, especially in rough water. Besides the one that I sunk 2 days ago (see other thread), I sunk one a year or so ago. Fastened 3 of them together using screws, wire and nails. Formed them in a triangle, then placed 2 concrete blocks on the top of the bottom one. Then I doubled a rope, looped it in between two of the pallets, lowering it off our dock into the water. This may be difficult doing from a boat because of the weight and bulkiness of the 3 pallet configuration.
The better way, as someone mentioned earlier (moonshine?), is to strip the pallet of most of the slats to eliminate excessive buoyancy, then attach some of the slats vertically to the structure. Just be sure to leave enough on the bottom to that your concrete blocks do not slip between the slats.That happened to one of the blocks I placed this week.
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