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Best way to submerge timber?
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08/20/18 02:54 PM
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i-Fish
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If you can't find em wind em.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870107
08/20/18 03:12 PM
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Bissett
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big zip ties and cinder blocks works too. Curious to see some other ideas
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
[Re: i-Fish]
#12870125
08/20/18 03:21 PM
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The following is a hypothetical answer for your own private pond.
I like cinder blocks and sisal rope.
Over about two years, the sisal rope will biodegrade underwater.
By that time, the timber is so water logged and stuck in mud/silt it isn't going anywhere.
If I'm out of sisal rope, I use that braided cotten clothesline rope from walmart--you can get 100 feet of it for $3.50
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870131
08/20/18 03:22 PM
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kemon86
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I use both. I've found that sinking old plastic chairs with cinder blocks is 50X easier than sinking trees with quik-crete or cinder blocks. It takes the fish longer to find them, but the better spots usually fill up within a couple months with plastic.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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08/20/18 03:31 PM
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Finesse EMPEROR/ Dropshot King
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Against the law on public water I believe. But with that being said I have been checked by a game warden with a boat loaded down with Christmas trees and didnt say anything about them didnt even have a rod/reel on board at the time lol
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870158
08/20/18 03:36 PM
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Txduckhunter
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Against the law on public water I believe. But with that being said I have been checked by a game warden with a boat loaded down with Christmas trees and didnt say anything about them didnt even have a rod/reel on board at the time lol Believe that he was asking a hypothetical question...... You know - "IF I was going to make a brushpile". LOL
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870181
08/20/18 03:52 PM
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i-Fish
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Against the law on public water I believe. But with that being said I have been checked by a game warden with a boat loaded down with Christmas trees and didnt say anything about them didnt even have a rod/reel on board at the time lol Believe that he was asking a hypothetical question...... You know - "IF I was going to make a brushpile". LOL Yea. Asking for a friend.
If you can't find em wind em.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870205
08/20/18 04:11 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Against the law on public water I believe. But with that being said I have been checked by a game warden with a boat loaded down with Christmas trees and didnt say anything about them didnt even have a rod/reel on board at the time lol Believe that he was asking a hypothetical question...... You know - "IF I was going to make a brushpile". LOL Yea. Asking for a friend. Probably gonna be sinking them at night because of all the nosey people so won't matter. Christmas tree are ok for crappie but I recommend bigger trees for bass and sink them horizontal instead of vertical. Slide a cinder block over a couple of the bigger limbs and fill with concrete. Tie the tree or trees to the side of the boat with rope, ease out to your spot and lower the tree to the bottom. Need to sink them on a hard bottom too. Points, creek ledges, drop offs and pond dams are great and be sure and mark the spots so I can find them.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870208
08/20/18 04:14 PM
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bassmanrudy
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I like concrete blocks and some sort of cotton rope. If the limbs are small enough just slide them into the holes and then use 2 smaller limb like an X across the top to try and keep it standing when it hits the bottom. I tie the rope off really close to the limbs so that its less likely to snag on a lure. If the limbs are "huge" (and its deep enough for one end to stick up some) usually 1 block is enough to get the bottom down and keep it down as well.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870217
08/20/18 04:25 PM
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For bass, I really like Bois d Arc Widely available in North Texas and considered a nuisance by many Multi branching with strong limbs; so when it hits bottom, a long limb will keep the pile at a nice 45-75 degree angle Really dense, heavy hardwood lasts for a long time
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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08/20/18 05:22 PM
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Cole P
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Eastern Red Cedars (8'-12'), cinder blocks, metal baling wire, wire-cutting dykes, gloves, glasses and chainsaw. I like to cut off the bottom row of branches, slide the cinder block onto the base of the tree and wire to the tree. I can usually get 2+ trees in each cinder block depending on the size of the trees used.
Last edited by Cole P; 08/20/18 05:31 PM.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870378
08/20/18 06:04 PM
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Capt. Bryan
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Sand bags and big heavy duty zip ties work too. Sand bags also dont scratch up the boat if you have a slip up.
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870387
08/20/18 06:09 PM
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5Redman8
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Sand bags and big heavy duty zip ties work too. Sand bags also dont scratch up the boat if you have a slip up. I love this idea!!!!
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870393
08/20/18 06:15 PM
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AMERICAN-TEXAN
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I like Willows and Bamboo...they "Fan out" good and you have less of a chance of "Hanging up"
Lightweight and easy to sink...no Christmas tree sap to stain the carpet
Warning: A buddy and I did get pulled over by an officer on the way to the lake...we all got a good laugh when I explained what we were doing...he said the Bamboo looked like an illegal plant
Fish move in quick and so do the other fishermen but has worked wonders for me
Simon Peter said to them "I am going fishing" They said "We are going fishing also." -JOHN 21:3
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870607
08/20/18 08:51 PM
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Phototex
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"I like cinder blocks and sisal rope.
Over about two years, the sisal rope will biodegrade underwater.
By that time, the timber is so water logged and stuck in mud/silt it isn't going anywhere."
This, but I use old coat hangers instead of sisal. They rust away pretty fast. I prefer juniper to Christmas trees.
PB: 10-01 on a Ribbit frog
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870641
08/20/18 09:19 PM
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reelfast
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Never made a brush pile but Seems like old tires would work also. ???
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
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#12870643
08/20/18 09:20 PM
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reelfast
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Never made a brush pile but Seems like old tires would work also. ???
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Re: Best way to submerge timber?
[Re: reelfast]
#12870669
08/20/18 09:43 PM
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Txduckhunter
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Never made a brush pile but Seems like old tires would work also. ??? Built several tire reefs for a private lake outside of Athens when I was a kid. To make them be anything more than just bumps on the bottom when they fall over, is a bit of a PITA and takes a little thinking. More than just chunking some tires out into the water.
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