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  1. 12-29-2020, 10:28 AM #1
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    Any of you guys ever use steel for structure in a lake? I have a limitless supply of scrap steel. Much of it is auger, from 6"-9" in diameter.

    It ain't gonna float off and it would be there "forever." I'm gonna try some but just wondered if anyone had tried it before. I know they use lots of it to make reefs in the Gulf.
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    Tie a tree to it and I guarantee it will work!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TerryD View Post
    Tie a tree to it and I guarantee it will work!
    It may work and it may not. I'm gonna find out. In addition to the auger, I've got a bunch of scrap 10" diameter thin walled tubing. I'm gonna cut some in 1' lengths and make a pyramid out of it and sink it. With it being rusty, algae should stick to it good.
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    Stake beds should do well
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    I bet those jokers will stick out like a beacon on sonar.
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    Most places it is not legal . If not placed deep could be bad news for boats
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    Steel of any kind should never for any reason be used on any public lake.
    Too much risk for boat hull and motor damage for someone that doesn’t know it’s there.
    I remove it every time I see it


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    No reason that it should not hold fish. But as stated it is illegal in most lakes
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    I was with my brother in a jon boat and got hung up on a steel stake by a duck brind and poked a hole in his boat. Deep water only and don't get caught in Iowa cause it is expensive plus has to be removed from said body of water. Good structure though I'm sure.
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    I can remember some old timers taking old boats and filling them with anything heavy draging them out then shooting holes in the bottom to sink em. Get oneself in a lot of trouble doing that now
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