1/2 pvc 1/2 bamboo

hey yall ive been following tis site for awhile trying to learn the best cover or ways to make myself some tops to fish, several months ago i made about 12 tops using 5 gallon buckets and concrete with pvc. i bought 20ft joints of 3/4' pvc and cut them in 6ft and 4 ft pieces i put four 4ft and four 6ft to each bucket and when finished they were about 5ft tall due to the angle the pipe ran out of the bucket, before i got the chance to sink them i moved and now live closer to another lake and decided to find a place in the closer lake and save time and gas sincle the boat launch is only 1/2 mile from my house, problem is the lake is alot deeper so i added about 8-10ft of bamboo into the end of each pvc pipe, turned out looking really good (to me anyway) dont know about the fish, anyways i sunk 4 in one spot and 2 in another and after soaking a week and a half i started catching crappie from them, it really helped my feelings alot since this was my first time of doing this, oh and i also sanded each pvc pipe to make it rough. just thought id share this, i plane to make more of theses i figure once the bamboo has started to rot and decay ill still have pvc tops to fish on. good luck good fishing.

Cool idea, glad it worked for you!

Good deal , I think it will work good.

Have "some experience" with the subject; honestly feel PVC and natural cover together offers the very BEST fishing there is.

thanks, one thing for sure it looks alot better than just pvc and i dont seem to snag it as bad as just bamboo structure. hope to sink a few more this weekend

I agree with Lowell, The more variety the better the spot.

well maybe i spoke too soon i was catching fish from my tops on a couple different trips but the last 4 or 5 times i fished them.. not 1 bite, kinda has me puzzled looks to be fish holding on them from watching my graph, but ive tried just about every color of jig in my box and nothing, i had thought maybe they just wasnt biting but tried other tops on the same trip and caught fish. really dont know what to think now.

Don't stress ..that is normal when fishing a brush pattern ..in summer or fall ..some may have active fish some may not..it pays to have 15 or 20 different piles then you can bounce from tree top to tree top and at least one will have active fish .. for me the tops placed on underwater points near creek channel intersections seem to be most active...and remember as temps cool the fish will pull off the brush tops and relate more to the bottom near main lake a creek channel intersections or at least thats how it is on the two or three lakes I sink brush on.. the bottom line the more you sink the better your chances !!!