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Bremer Pond has a structure zone called the Corona Reef. Each Spring I place a buoy at the same location in the south western quadrant of the pond. Then during the open water season I fill empty clean bottles with pond water and sink them by the buoy. The location is in 10-12 feet of water.
I have used my underwater camera to check what is happening down there. The bottles don’t down drop straight down though they do stay in the designated area; sort of a bottle field. I have never seen a broken bottle down there. All of the bottles become covered with algae after a being down there a while and are excellent homes and hiding places for small fish, grubs, crustaceans and miscellaneous underwater life.
Since glass is pretty much inert, it seems to me to be a great material for creating a reef-like environment. Has anyone else on the Forum done something like this?
Wouldn’t a bottle reef in lakes and/or reservoirs be a good way to use some of the tons of glass that goes to the landfill? The reefs could be placed in otherwise barren bottomed areas.
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Let's see some pictures or video of the reef!
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Let's see some pictures or video of the reef! Yea, that'd be nice but I'd really like to see video of the parties in which they created the empty bottles.
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Dwight,
Nice idea to use what's available and free to benifit the fish and fisherman.
Howerver, at a dime a bottle/can deposit, $2.40 a case, I don't see a bottle reef in my future. We've had that deposit law for 20 some years now & it has helped to keep that stuff out of the landfills & roadsides but unfortunately there were no plastic water bottles when the law was written so they're not covered, yet.
Pic's or a short video would be interesting to see if you can do it.
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Bremer Since glass is pretty much inert, it seems to me to be a great material for creating a reef-like environment. Has anyone else on the Forum done something like this? I like your bottle idea. I think they're unlikely to break, and even more unlikely to foul your fishing line. I do something similar with 2-3 ft long pieces of black 1" PVC pipe. I jam 1 end into some sticky clay, and pull it out leaving a clay plug for ballast. The the pipes then sink, and stand upright like black bamboo on the bottom. I have about 30 of them in 1 area, and call it "the stickups". I fancy the stickups will harbor bass when they get some size on them. If it works, I will buy a huge roll of PVC pipe and make more stickups.
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Sunil – I am searching for that video as time permits. Jeff - One beer per day, two people adds up quickly. We are very serious here and never have parties…….. Dan – At 10 cents per bottle, living 13 miles from a center that would take them and gas at $3.00 per gallon, I still might favor the reef. Bob – PVC has a lot of uses in a pond. Did you see my underwater video of the star-burst structure? Beautiful, just beautiful! Nuts about structure and proud of it……
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Sunil - I found the video. I will probably just post a few snapshots since a video without movement is boring. Hopefully I can get logged back on.
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After posting the Corona Reef photos, there has been no response one way or the other. I am locked in limbo.................
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luv that second to last shot.... i dont normally post on yer threads dwight because of my dial up and the size in which you post pics, i seldom have the time to download it....this should be changing soon.....real soon, and you'll probably wish i went back to dial up
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If I was a small animal I would live in there, eat a ton and not be able to get back out.
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