cedar posts

[craigodem]

I got my hands on a couple hundred cedar posts, about 4 foot long and 1 1/2 to 2" in diameter. Will cedar posts (untreated, of course) last a while in the water or will they quickly rot?

[thehines]

No I think they rot pretty fast.... I will take them off your hands though.....

Cedar works great and last a long time. Wish i could find a couple hundred that size...

[craigodem]

I figured if they make good fence posts they'll make good crappie structure. Most of them are about 4' long. I've built 2 condos so far... waiting for the crete to dry... these will be the first I've ever set out. I've taken a post and set it vertically in a five gallon bucket of concrete. Then I've drilled holes (2" diameter) into 4 foot long oak logs which are about 4" diameter and stacked the logs onto the cedar post criss-crossing every which a ways horizontal to the ground. Basically, it's the simple ernest paty design with PVC and rebar but with wood. I got more wood than pvc so I figure I'll use what I have. They are much heavier than pvc and harder to sink, but seems like many of yall believe wood/natural stuff attracts better anyway. Guess I'll have to get these and more in the water and see...

[craigodem]

By the way, I'm just starting this structure building venture and I'm amazed at how easy it is to pick up 5 gallon buckets and old shrubbery pots on the side of the road. Picked up 11 yesterday between Granbury and Fort worth on HWY 377 and passed up several others. Only money I've put up is $4 and change for the crete

[agdave112]

i have fished the same cedar brush pile for aver 15 yrs......It lasts plenty long.

[fishordie]

Cedar lasts a long time and if they are posts without limbs they will have fish hanging out on them quickly. If I were using them in our lakes I would take my skill saw and cut points on them and use my 3" pvc driver to drive them in the mud. You can build them faster than messing with the buckets and concrete.
Of course you can't do that in lakes that are rock bottom.
Either way you do it they will hold fish.
LOL

[bugman]

I figured if they make good fence posts they'll make good crappie structure. Most of them are about 4' long. I've built 2 condos so far... waiting for the crete to dry... these will be the first I've ever set out. I've taken a post and set it vertically in a five gallon bucket of concrete. Then I've drilled holes (2" diameter) into 4 foot long oak logs which are about 4" diameter and stacked the logs onto the cedar post criss-crossing every which a ways horizontal to the ground. Basically, it's the simple ernest paty design with PVC and rebar but with wood. I got more wood than pvc so I figure I'll use what I have. They are much heavier than pvc and harder to sink, but seems like many of yall believe wood/natural stuff attracts better anyway. Guess I'll have to get these and more in the water and see...

Could you post a pic i just aint seeing this in my pea braini'd like to get a look at one.

[craigodem]

yes, will be glad to post a pic when I get time to build some more... I sunk a couple this morning on Lake Proctor... first time I'd been there, and spent the whole morning just cruising around seeing what I could find. Seems like an incredibly shallow lake with no discernable channel and few drop offs except right on the bank. Deepest water I saw today was 17 feet, but I won't claim I was near the deepest water or that I by any means covered the whole lake. Crappie fishing is supposed to be OK to pretty darn good on Proctor. Anybody esle fish there?

[bugman]

Thanks for your time...........i'll be waiting.

[craigodem]

bug,

these aren't the cedar posts, but it's the same design. Posts hanging horizontally on 1 post mounted in the bucket vertically. Just drilled 1 1/4 inch holes into the limbs on this one and hung em onto an old aluminum tent pole. About 5 1/2 feet tall.