I have been picking up a few discarded trees from friends and that I see on the curb. I have been using old brake rotors for weight since I had quite a few lying around. I took a 36" long heavy duty black zip tie and looped it around the trunk and through the lug holes several times about 1/3 the way from the bottom of the tree. This will anchor the tree horizontally along the bottom which is what I am wanting for shallow cover. With them being shallow, I can see when all the branches are gone and pull the trunk and rotor to reuse the rotor.
I have placed 5 so far and am looking for a few more. Would it be better to spread them out throughout the pond (roughly 1.5 acre with lots of shore line) or have them clustered in one or two groups?
