Fence Post

Has anyone ever tried using metal fence post (green post for a barbed wire fence) for structure? I rebuilt a fence and have several post I was thinking about concreting in a bucket...

Before you do it, stop and think about what that could do to the bottom of your or someone else’s boat.

Good point.. clearly these would need to go in deep water 20-25ft..

I’m just wondering, they are naturally going to rust and don’t think any Alvie would grow on them. That’s what would draw some small baitfish thus drawing in some bigger fish. I never tried it, the idea of it sounds good just know how well they would produce.

I just have a pile of them and didnt see any post referencing the material. Its either stick them in a bucket and sink or haul them to the junkyard.

use them as legs thru the bottom of plastic buckets...

Thats what i was thinking of doing.. concreting them in plastic buckets and using them as metal trees.. might tear up my fishing line or like cray suggested they might just rust and never grow any algae. I will probably do a few buckets and sink them deep and see what happens.

possibly good winter sets...

Yeah.. here in east texas I find lots of crappie on my 20ft of water piles in the thick of summer too..

Do we really want to turn our lakes into JUNK yard????????///next we will be sinking old cars....sorry not tryin to be rude just eco friendly

I am going to pass on this one!

Might ought to get approval and permission before you sink anything

Most places illegal to sink metal . Not a good choice of materials

Ok cars properly positioned after cleaning properly would be Awesome

Old cars make perfect fish habitat. The fire department has sunk a pick up truck in the lake I fish to practice under water rescues. It also made a good crappie hotel.

They sink ships, old drilling rigs, barges, and cars-trucks for artificial reefs. I don't see why your fence post wouldn't work as long as it's not a navigational hazard.

have several times used both rebar and bent fence posts in a solidly secured bucket bottom with 2 legs on 1 side bent at 90 degrees to help pin attractors on steep breaks with little current and/ or wave action, dropped with the bent legs on the deeper side. on riprap this usually worked very well but not so much on gravel/ dirt slopes. most on these types of bottom eventually settled deeper but were/ still are excellent winter/ early spring spots.

I would only consider driving them into the lakebed during "major" drawdowns to guarantee that they will never be hit by a boat motor. I actually have a friend that put in 3 in a row and he suspended a couple saplings horizontally up off the lake floor. It looked cool during the next drawdown. But anything metal is a big concern for boat damage so use common sense when and where you use them.