How to Build Fish Structures
Submerged structure has been effective in attracting fish in salt water and is now being used in freshwater lakes where there is not enough natural cover. The structure attracts schooling fish. It provides a place both to run for safety and to look for food. Bait fish are drawn to structure, and schooling fish such as crappie are drawn to the baitfish. If a predator comes around, the crappie have a place to hide. From an angler's perspective, building structure not only attracts fish, but also lets you know where to look for them if you've placed the structure underwater.
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Things You'll Need
- Old Christmas trees or dead bushes
- cinderblocks
- Quick-set cement
- A boat with a depth finder
- A lake or pond where you have rights to submerge fish structures
Instructions
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Insert the trunk of an old, dead evergreen tree into one of the two holes in a cinderblock.
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Fill the hole, securing the tree trunk, with quick-set cement, available at hardware stores, and allow the cement to harden. Repeat for as many fish structures as desired.
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Drop the structures into the water near the banks of a lake or pond, or use a boat and depth finder to go out on the water with a couple of fish structures at a time, dropping them overboard at a desired spot. Different depths are suitable for different fish. Research the habits of the fish you want to attract.
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Drop the structures a few feet apart for maximum effect.
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Tips & Warnings
Structures form an ideal spawning ground and should be fished regularly during the spring months.
Don't overload the boat if you are taking structures out on the water. Be safe and make several trips. Avoid placing structures in navigation channels. Make sure you have permission to drop fish attractors in a body of water.
