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Artificial Bass Habitat #11176826 10/21/15 05:17 PM
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What would be my best option for sinking fish habitat. I'm thinking bamboo cemented in 5 gallon buckets. Will this cover be good for larger bass? What have you guys had the best luck with producing quality bass and did it last a long time?

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Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: JSpeckETx] #11176856 10/21/15 05:29 PM
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bigger bass like large cover (spring is an exception to this). find a thick log with a fork in it and put the fork in the concrete so the larger beam is parallel with the bottom and the larger bass will suspend under it for a quick ambush. or put in a lot of time in and build a large brush pile. The larger the object the more comfortable the bass is with it. Hope this helps

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Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: JSpeckETx] #11176979 10/21/15 06:29 PM
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Do some research on Lake Havasua . They put a lot of stuff in the water to make habitat . The bigger the better.

Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: JSpeckETx] #11177000 10/21/15 06:40 PM
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Huge piles of bois d'arc are the best I have found. cup hooks cemented into about 2 gals of concrete. chain from the cup hook to the object to sink.


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Originally Posted By: fouzman
Huge piles of bois d'arc are the best I have found. cup hooks cemented into about 2 gals of concrete. chain from the cup hook to the object to sink.


They do like the bois d'arc trees, they last forever. The hard part is cutting one down, I tried to cut one on the lake with my chainsaw, I went at it until the saw got hot and quit, the tree is still there with a burned cut in it.

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Buy lots and lots of replacement chains roflmao


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Is Bois D'arc common to east tx? Do you like it because it last long or just the type of cover it provides?

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Or take a cutting torch with you.

Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: JSpeckETx] #11177099 10/21/15 07:21 PM
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This is the best artificial habitat. The state of Florida has spent 7 figures on this stuff over the past few years.

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Is Bois D'arc common to east tx? Do you like it because it last long or just the type of cover it provides?


Very long lasting and lot's of branches.


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Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: salex] #11177239 10/21/15 08:12 PM
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Looks awesome. I have about 3 figures and some manpower to spend on this project and that first figure doesn't go very high. Haha

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There used to be a group of guys around Palastine that would go collect Christmas trees after the holidays, and sink them all over the lake. I dont know if they still do or not. I believe they just used cinder blocks for weight.


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Texas parks & Wildlife must believe that plastic pipe made into 6' by 6' by 4' squares with the 5" elastic tubing wound thru it works and will last.

They gave the LFSA enough of this stuff to build 60 of these artifical reefs that are spread on 12 sites in Lake Fork. You can go to the TPWD website and find the GPS coordinates.


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Re: Artificial Bass Habitat [Re: JSpeckETx] #11178009 10/22/15 02:00 AM
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Thanks for the input. I'm going try a few different types of cover and see what I have the best luck with. The pvc cubes with tubing sound like a cool idea. Here is a pic of what I'm going to try first. I plan on putting four of these in one area.

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