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ewest, thank you for that link that is awesome. I just dug my pond in august and have no structure what so ever and wanted to put structure in it that will last forever. going down to my cabin this weekend where the pond is at will try to get picks placing the structure I have already made. Thanks again!

We made it too page 3. I have 2 Christmas tree farms within miles of my house. Every year they have giant stacks of cut trees sitting around after the season. I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on them this year..

Be creative. Xmas trees can be incorporated in many ways and for different purposes. I use between 50 and 100 every year.

Ewest you got any pics of your pond on here I'd like to check it out and here the details on it, if you don't mind?

Lots of pics here. I will search out a few.

Here is some stuff on xmas tree structure (pics one of our ponds)

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.

Here is the link to the renovation of one pond which has some pics.

http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=116388&page=1

Lookin good.. Real good. I sunk 3 more structures today. I've got a nice big area now maybe 30x100 of PVC trees all within feet of each other. Gonna add 3 porcupine structures this week. I might make 5-10 more similar structures to what I made and sink around the same area. Then 10 for deep water then on to Christmas trees..

I just started building cover for my pond and was very suprised to see how quickly fish will surround it. I put out some pipe one day last week in the morning, went back out that afternoon, and literally caught seven bass in a row off of the pipe. Building habitat has kind of become an obsession and i'm suprised to find myself looking all over for different things to make or throw in the pond. One thing I havn't seen on here that works well is large plastic flower pots that I get from a local nursery. They usually have hundreds of used ones laying around that they throw away. You can zip tie about six of them together from the bottom and they make a nice little piece of cover. Also, been having fun with black corregated pipe.

I just trenches in a bunch of septic tile. After I was done I still have about 4-5 tons of pea gravel. I quess you guys know where this is going. My wife says what are you gonna do with all that extra rock.... Throw it in the pond duh. She doesn't know I actually ordered about 5 tons extra just so I could do this lol..