Here's a pic of the brackets. If the joists need to butted together, we used the double horizontal bracket. The single horizontal bracket was used everywhere else. Pier is 48" wide and about 65' long. Upright posts were sunk into the lake bottom about every 8 feet.

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3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).