Wasn't meaning for it to sound like bashing. I was talking about sitting on a Gold Mine. Just I have about 400 buckets, 3 different stands of bamboo on our 200 acre spread, and a supply of busted cement bags. Then 3 16' Flat Bed Trailers of PVC.

Personally I don't have one problem with you guys paying for G-3's Condo's. The more condo's the merrier.




keith

Dont forget Stick Condos....
Cant have tooooo many in the water....
Love em, love em, love em....Crappie Love em too.......

Agree 100% Anthony. If you don't want to buy them don't. If you want to build your own then do so. There is alot of hard work involved to building condos. I've sunk my share of them as well made from cedar trees, willow trees and plastic. Not a fan of the bamboo.

I hate to jump in here since I'd much rather sit back and and not to jump on Keith's side just because he's a friend of mine, but the fact is, I don't see any suggestion of "bashing" in his post. In fact, what I do see is his astonishment over the thought that if a bucket of concrete, some 'boo & the labor involved to put them together will bring in $125, a guy could make a bundle what with his resources and being simi-retired. Hey Keith, let me know if you need a padna in crime cuz I have access to a few acres of 25' boo and I'll be retired in just a few months! $60 to $85 each per bucket sounds pretty good!!Though I'm inclined to agree, building them and setting them out yourself so as to know that any time you go out you'll be able to at least catch dinner is worth a lot!

Hey Keith, what saw mill do you have a contract for "offall" with? I sure would like to know your source! I like them stick condo's!!

Good grief! Didn't realize this would start such a storm! Hahaha. Sorry to offend anyone, just not going to do it for free! I hope y'all understand!

The other cost involved,at least in our case was the 1 beer per 1.75 bags of crete ,,,,it got pretty expensive on the last build

Do you know Tracy Clower? We used to live out there near Edom.

Pepop: PM sent.....

An old Greek proverb: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

But we are talking about building habitat that is at best begrudgingly shared. After looking at all those buckets and sticks I'd feel guilty about fishing condos placed by others. But not guilty enough to keep me from fishing them! I haven't fished those condos yet just COE piles and standing timber.

I'll make sure to contribute to the 5 gallon bucket metropolis at the lake I finally call my home. Until then I'll enjoy looking for yours. Thanks for enhancing the fisheries guys...

I bet CrappieDale already has the market cornered on these...

Whew!!!! Made some bamboo crappie/bass condos with G3bassbarge. It was well worth the money. He cut and brought the bamboo to my place, spent a few hours day one building the condos, came back out the next day and spent several hours helping me locate some great spots, and them helped load them on the boat and put them in place. I couldn't have done it without him, and it took a LOT of work. If you don't have the time nor the means to do it all by yourself, I highly recommend his service. Here are some pictures...

Building one of the deeper water condos...


Built two shallow water horizontal condos...



Built a smaller horizontal condo and placed inside my boat house...



Sidescan image of one of the deeper condos in place...



Downscan image of one of the deeper condos in place...

Those are nice....great idea.

Thanks Rusty! The underwater pics look great!! Dont you just love HDS!!!

Looking forward to this weekend helping Jeff out.

Rusty is right folks, this isn't easy, but I sure enjoy it!

Give me a call if you are interested!

g3bb,which unit r u using?