Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Property Projects & Construction Fish cleaning station

Anybody have any clever ideas for a nice portable cleaning table that would slip over a dock post? I'm using the steel pipes on the dock.

I also think I'd like to mount my feeder to swivel platform on an articulating arm to save space and allow for easy aim if anyone has suggestions.

I have a buddy who has his feeder mounted like your suggesting.. He likes it alot and it's something I may do in the future.. As for cleaning I have a commercial sink hooked to the back of my house thst drains into the gutter tile works excellent.. I wouldn't throw my fish guts back in the pond and cleaning fish on the dock will attract critter to your dock and ultimately your feeders..

Looks like the beginnings of a nice dock............I had some time to kill, so I sketched a couple of ideas.

Thanks for the sketches!

FYI I finished the dock on the ice. Pics below.

Right, wrong, or otherwise, I've been cleaning the fish on the dock and tossing the scrap in for feed/fertilizer. As for critters, I have a pr of Mallards that likes to come and crap all over the dock already.

I was kind of thinking for the cleaning board I'd use a flange screwed to the underside and set the pipe length to drop into a dock pipe. It wouldn't be adjustable height, but simple.

For the feeder I'm thinking a simple sleeve of pipe to slide over. The posts are on the outside so it will slide past to the bracket. Good thought on the thrust. I'll probably just use a short collar of the same tubing so it is steel on steel instead of aluminum. Hoping to avoid any bracing since the bracket should be pretty short to center. I'd keep it close enough to just clear the upright when rotated.

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On top of the outer tube would be a square plate that the feeder (TH125) would sit on. The plate would swivel and lock in place as would the main upright.

Nice looking dock.

Thank you

I just added X braces underneath. It's 6' deep where the L starts and it had a lot of side to side waddle.

Outer poles are 16' and next 3 poles are 14'

Brackets from DH docks so the end section receives next section dropped/hooked in place.

Wood is treated pine in cedar tone over a green treated frame.

Plan is to add a nice bench from these guys:

http://www.bytheyard.net/index.php/benches.html

We have a green glider bench that is probably 8 or more years old and spent a couple winters out in the yard wide open under snow etc. Still looks and works like new. Now it's on the porch of the new house out of the sun.