Help or suggestions regarding habitat please

Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

rich wrote:
Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

There's the popular "Christmas trees tied to cinder blocks" thing.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/wildlifeprotection/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPhotos&articleID=86

Found this too:

http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Fishing/pond/fishproduction.htm

One of the best attractors I've seen is one designed and built by Larry
Harper in Clinton, KY. We were pretty close to him earlier this year at the
Southern Classic on Barkley Lake. I've run into Larry at a number of fishing
tackle shows around the southeast this year.

His attractor is simple, but it provides something for fish to relate to,
and it works better than bamboo stuck in old shopping carts, cedar trees and
cinder blocks, old tire piles, crappie stakes, or wooden brush piles. Bass
anglers on KY lake are buying the things, taking them out in their rod
lockers, and sinking them on tapering points, creek channels, and ledges and
marking them with their GPS units. Then, at tournaments, they're just making
their milk runs and harvesting the bass. This has been a longstanding
practice among tournament anglers in other places I've lived and fished, but
the difference here is the ease of placing the attractors. Just assemble the
PVC pipes into the core, attach a nylon cord to the line-tie loop, attach
the other end of the cord to a concrete anchor, and drop it down.

The porcupine attractor builds up an algae coat eventually, which attracts
the minnow, etc. But it will hold fish just hours after placing it.

One of the neatest things about this is that it's almost impossible to hang
up and lose your lure on them. If you run a crankbait through it and snag an
arm, just pull steadily and the whole assembly will rotate until that arm is
pointed directly back at you. Unless you somehow snagged the anchor rope,
you'll most likely be wrapped up on a PVC arm, and since the lure isn't
stuck on the PVC, it easily dislodges. See Larry Harper's attractor at
http://www.porcupinefishattractor.com/

You'll immediately notice Bill Dance's name and photo. I talked to Bill
about these last February in Memphis, and he told me how he got involved
with these. He bought several, put them in his pond, and tested them for
three weeks. They produced better and were easier to use than his wooden
brush piles -- even the ones that had been there several years. He moved
them to different locations, and they still did better. Time after time, the
fish would choose the porcupine instead of the wooden atractors. He was
absolutely convinced, so he tracked down Larry and asked if he could get
involved with the product, and that's how he came to be the "face" of the
product.

Joe
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"rich" wrote in message
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Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

Is the tubing metal or plastic you are using? I would worry about
either one cutting my line.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com
rich wrote:
Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

Assuming your question is regarding the "bass-bucket"..the "tubes" shown in
the picture are plastic corrugated irrigation tubing. Hardly any sharp
surface on which to catch a line... that I can see. Besides, OCCASIONALLY
getting snagged is just plain "fishin"... RG


"Ronnie" wrote in message
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Is the tubing metal or plastic you are using? I would worry about
either one cutting my line.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com
rich wrote:
Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that
we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at
a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a
nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

rich wrote:
Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php

Actually, I can make one sample up from some corrugated tubing I found at a
rummage sale nearby. Then, if the "fishing committee" likes the idea, we
can buy more from the manufacturer. Does anyone have any comments or
experience with anything like this....used to provide habitat for a nearly
barren lake?

thanks, RichG TX/IL

Around here the darned christmas tree ples don't seem to last that
long. A couple years and they are just a few sticks on the bottom. I
like the Bill Dance porcupines somebody else suggested, but another
option would be to make some vertical cover out of single pieces of
plastic pipe. I shallow water you can reach down and stick them into
the mud in the bottom, but eventually it will fall or get knocked over.
By the way, that's a pretty common tactic for crappie. Making a stake
bed.

Another way I have thought of is to glue a 'T' or 'El' on the plast
tube and set it in concrete in a plastic or paper milk carton. Then
you can cut away the carton, have a stake that will sink and stay, and
mostly stay upright. Make up a bunch of them and you can create your
own pqaths from deeep water to shallow water. Basically create
artificial contact points.

Anyway, just something to think about.

"rich" wrote in message
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Our local pond is pretty weedless and without structure. One thing that we
may try for permanent cover... is the - Bass-bucket-
http://www.jandjhabitat.com/bass_bucket.php


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