Building Lake Corona

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thanks for sharing jk! And Merry Christmas!

That was a bunch of dirt moved. I hope it serves you well.

 

[jk96]

Working on a few artificial structures for fish while the pond bottom is still either dry or frozen. Here's the start of the first one. Need to finish adding the pex tubing to the sticks of pvc to create some branch like structure. This will be the largest as it's made of 20' sticks of pvc. Most left over from my siphon system.

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[fried1765]

Working on a few artificial structures for fish while the pond bottom is still either dry or frozen. Here's the start of the first one. Need to finish adding the pex tubing to the sticks of pvc to create some branch like structure. This will be the largest as it's made of 20' sticks of pvc. Most left over from my siphon system.

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Interesting.
Have you bought a 2021 fishing license yet?

 

[jk96]

Interesting.
Have you bought a 2021 fishing license yet?

Not yet but will for the few trips a year we take to the lake with the kids. Missouri does not require one when fishing on your own land.

 

[fried1765]

Not yet but will for the few trips a year we take to the lake with the kids. Missouri does not require one when fishing on your own land.

I assumed that might be the case.....just pulling your chain a bit.

 

[jk96]

I assumed that might be the case.....just pulling your chain a bit.

I knew that. Lol. Missouri also has a good program for landowners to stock ponds. Usually will stock for free, you just cant harvest the fish commercially. Need to look into the program a little more.

 

[BigBlue1]

Working on a few artificial structures for fish while the pond bottom is still either dry or frozen. Here's the start of the first one. Need to finish adding the pex tubing to the sticks of pvc to create some branch like structure. This will be the largest as it's made of 20' sticks of pvc. Most left over from my siphon system.

Why not just some actual trees/branches? You certainly have enough from the clearing. Just for longevity?

 

[jk96]

Why not just some actual trees/branches? You certainly have enough from the clearing. Just for longevity?

Exactly. Won't rot or decay and also lure friendly as the hooks won't penetrate the plastic and snag. I do have logs and stumps as well I'm using

 

[Jstpssng]

Interesting fish structure but it should work well. And since you already have the material, it's a good way to utilize it rather than landfilling.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Exactly. Won't rot or decay and also lure friendly as the hooks won't penetrate the plastic and snag. I do have logs and stumps as well I'm using

Great idea. At first, I thought those were 5 gallon buckets, but on 2nd look, I see they are 55 gallon buckets....so wow, I had to adjust my scale up an order of magnitude. That is a lot of plastic.