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#245297 01/18/11 07:23 PM
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Will they sink or do I have to tie blocks to them?

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They will sink on their own, albeit slow and not where you want them to. Without anchoring they tend to wander far and wide.

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Exactly what Travis said. They will sink once they become water logged, but where this happens will not be in your control unless you first anchor them down.

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Structure archive -- http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92463#Post92463


From the Hands On Structure presentation during PB III.

A method of adding structure to a pond with water. This is an adaptation of the Ray Scott method from the Great Small Waters video. It can be done using xmas trees , buckets of limbs , pallets , or pvc structures. It involves driving a post into the pond bottom and using it to mark and hold the structure items. Using a boat (if unsteady you can use an A-frame ladder to drive the post) to drive the post ( using a shovel or fence post driver or hammer or ax) . After the post is in place tie the xmas trees to the post with small trot line string. Think about how you want the trees to hang in combination. Top up or down , horizontal . vertical and at what depth for each. You can also tie several trees together in squares to triangles (tree tops to bottoms to form and even structure). Then tie and place it over the post. Note after a year or so you can cut the string and allow them to fall to the bottom and tie on new ones. This will form a pile or cone of trees from bottom to top.

Post and trees



Tied to the post



Set to feed over



After they sink



Xmas trees work well for BG cover from predation.






A typical Ray Scott rendition of a pond with this method (pickle bucket method) and ridges , cuts and standing timber etc.



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I found that if you can do it. I have taken a few 10 inch diameter trees about 12 feet long and delimbed them and put them in my pond with some rope and a cinder block on each side to keep them in place. The LMB absolutely love these type of logs in the water. Can't say they do much for BG or RES or minnows but the bass love it.


The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!

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