I'm sure either type structure will attract bait fish and therefore crappie. It looks like both types would be easy to hang up on though. Maybe cut the cable loop on the first one so it doesn't hang a jig or minnow.
**I saw your comment yesterday, and thought it sounded like a great idea! I went down to our local lake, turned on my phone's video camera app, and tossed it far out into the lake! Then i left for an hour to give it time to capture some awesome fish-footage. But when I returned, I nearly froze to death while swimming 150 feet out into the 40°f water to locate my phone! After 4 more attempts to find it in the lake(followed each time by a trip to the hospital for hypothermia treatment), i finally gave up....** So, I just got back from the store with a brand new phone to post this comment. Ive learned my lesson though...... Ill wait til summer, when the lake is warmer to throw THIS phone 150 feet out into the lake to get my fish-footage! Lol
this video is so up my alley, thanks for the post. heat treated and salvaged wood pallets was an idea that I had - some cut in half and reassembled at 90degree angles and some assembled in the same way but left their original size. 5 or 6 pallets stacked on top of each other with 2x4 spacers in between would make a nice bream-hotel. A few large drums, some lengths of culvert pipe, discarded christmas trees. When people breed sheep they use something called a creep that allows the babies a safe area away from the mature sheep. I was thinking of something similar using hardware cloth, chicken wire or some kind of taunt netting stretched across a portion of the pond or fashioned into large shapes in order to provide a safe place for fry and minnows.
Also another good tip... If you use a real Christmas tree every year then save it when you take it down at the end of the Holidays and sink it. I always save mine and other family members give me theirs. I have sunk them in my farm pond and at the lake. I’ve sunk them off the end of the pier and a few of my favorite crappie holes back in some coves. Crappie LOVE old Christmas trees. I take some kind chain or cable that isn’t going to rust and tie 2 concrete blocks to them and they sink right on down. I’ve went back and picked them up in my graph and seen dozens of fish hanging out on them. It makes you feel good when you slay a nice stringer of crappie off some homemade structures that you built. Just a tip for ya. So get you some Christmas trees this year bud and sink em!!! 🎣👍
I had a huge fail years ago. I thought Bamboo would make great attractors one time. I knew where big patches of it where so I used 15, five gal buckets and cemented the bamboo in the buckets. They sat in the yard for a week and once I put it in the lake it would not sink. I guess it was dry by then and still the cavitys where full of air. I managed to add blocks and make it work but never used bamboo again.
Good stuff. You and lurkers both did great videos on diffrent ways to make diffrent structure. My gosh have you seen the price of the ones from stores? Outrageous.
Great vid boss. I never thought about a barrel. I’ve seen the pallets done before. And what about doing an overnight camping/fishing vid maybe a state park or in another state. Anyways keep the great vids up boss. 👍🏻👍🏻
Here’s a idea take a palette put some styrofoam in the middle of it then tie some rope to it with a cinder block on the other end just long enough to reach the bottom without it sinking the palette and its like a floating island.
You may should have added a disclaimer for those who plan to place fish structures in public waters. Most states require permits for habit structures. Obviously private ponds like your placing structure in doesn't require any permit, but for public lakes you most get authorisation from DNR in most states.
Great idea but I would stay away from using synthetic potentially toxic materials that could possibly have a negative impact on the environment decades down the road. Stay with the natural wood pallets and possibly just cutting local limbs hanging over the lake areas as long as the law permits for that particular lake.
I thought structure was bottom features, humps, ledges, creek channels and we'll brush piles and fish habbits are under cover. Nothing against your project, but the terminology should be clarified.
I kinda see where your coming from but If you can’t infer that this is a small private farm pond you shouldn’t be operating power tools to make the fish structures in the first place. Also here in Mississippi you can add various homemade structures to public lakes, yess there are rules but I’m pretty sure the pallet structure would be okay but not the plastic barrels
@@BottomlandOutdoors You drove there so its not obvious the pond belongs to your family. Further down in the comments section 3 days ago Jeremy said similar thing. Heavy fine if caught dumping.
Mike Bierer good thing it’s a private pond and you can’t fish there! Before you leave a negative comment it’s very simple... remove your fingers from your keyboard and use what’s between your ears. People don’t care for opinions on what they should do on their private property.
All I can see is a million baits snagged on it. I bet it will hold tons of fish though. Good job on the build!
Would enjoy seeing your tire habitat ideas....Thank you for posting the video...
Great video. Been fishing natural and others brush piles, time to get my own out! ha ha. Great video.
I like crappie structure videos, I mostly use 6' cedar trees standing up but these are interesting.
I'm sure either type structure will attract bait fish and therefore crappie. It looks like both types would be easy to hang up on though. Maybe cut the cable loop on the first one so it doesn't hang a jig or minnow.
Working on a pond right now. Great ideas.
So impressed with the barrel ,thanks for sharing I believe in supporting each so I joined u and stay safe my friend 👍🤩👍
I love your videos keep inspiring kids like me
Andrew Hodges thank you so much! just dropped a new video 👍🏼
You should try to do a underwater video to see if fish like it
**I saw your comment yesterday, and thought it sounded like a great idea! I went down to our local lake, turned on my phone's video camera app, and tossed it far out into the lake! Then i left for an hour to give it time to capture some awesome fish-footage. But when I returned, I nearly froze to death while swimming 150 feet out into the 40°f water to locate my phone! After 4 more attempts to find it in the lake(followed each time by a trip to the hospital for hypothermia treatment), i finally gave up....**
So, I just got back from the store with a brand new phone to post this comment. Ive learned my lesson though...... Ill wait til summer, when the lake is warmer to throw THIS phone 150 feet out into the lake to get my fish-footage! Lol
I enjoy these types of videos, I've done the same thing in my pond, but looking to add more structure, keep up the great work.
It is Amazing the Floating Ability of just a Christmas Tree--Took me several Concrete Blocks to get that baby to Sink...
this video is so up my alley, thanks for the post. heat treated and salvaged wood pallets was an idea that I had - some cut in half and reassembled at 90degree angles and some assembled in the same way but left their original size. 5 or 6 pallets stacked on top of each other with 2x4 spacers in between would make a nice bream-hotel. A few large drums, some lengths of culvert pipe, discarded christmas trees.
When people breed sheep they use something called a creep that allows the babies a safe area away from the mature sheep. I was thinking of something similar using hardware cloth, chicken wire or some kind of taunt netting stretched across a portion of the pond or fashioned into large shapes in order to provide a safe place for fry and minnows.
Also another good tip... If you use a real Christmas tree every year then save it when you take it down at the end of the Holidays and sink it. I always save mine and other family members give me theirs. I have sunk them in my farm pond and at the lake. I’ve sunk them off the end of the pier and a few of my favorite crappie holes back in some coves. Crappie LOVE old Christmas trees. I take some kind chain or cable that isn’t going to rust and tie 2 concrete blocks to them and they sink right on down. I’ve went back and picked them up in my graph and seen dozens of fish hanging out on them. It makes you feel good when you slay a nice stringer of crappie off some homemade structures that you built. Just a tip for ya. So get you some Christmas trees this year bud and sink em!!! 🎣👍
Awesome! I’ve been looking all over for ideas like these for my pond. Great video thanks for sharing
I love the video of you doing you’re thang!!!
I had a huge fail years ago. I thought Bamboo would make great attractors one time. I knew where big patches of it where so I used 15, five gal buckets and cemented the bamboo in the buckets. They sat in the yard for a week and once I put it in the lake it would not sink. I guess it was dry by then and still the cavitys where full of air. I managed to add blocks and make it work but never used bamboo again.
Good stuff. You and lurkers both did great videos on diffrent ways to make diffrent structure. My gosh have you seen the price of the ones from stores? Outrageous.
It'd be cool to see a structure build using all biodegradable materials. Wood, organic fiber rope, rocks, and tree limbs, etc.
Dave Thomasdgs_angling that’s kinda what I thought! Not tryna be a dick but why put plastic in the water??
Love this vid. Thanks for sharing
If you can sink a log I would recommend that but if you can't find yourself a big plastic barrel
Heck ya man, that's perfect! Like the jon boat haha!
cool Idea thanks
Great vid boss. I never thought about a barrel. I’ve seen the pallets done before.
And what about doing an overnight camping/fishing vid maybe a state park or in another state. Anyways keep the great vids up boss. 👍🏻👍🏻
great keep doing it
love these type of vids.
I would like to see a follow up video about a year after you put these fish structures in the water. Would love to see what is in them.
Awesome
i hope some kid sees this and puts a blue barrel and all of it’s plastic shavings in my local water. i get bored cleaning up bags and fishing line.
One of the most creative fishing videos I've seen. Earned a sub. P.S. I'm going to steal your ideas
Here’s a idea take a palette put some styrofoam in the middle of it then tie some rope to it with a cinder block on the other end just long enough to reach the bottom without it sinking the palette and its like a floating island.
make one just out of bricks, looks good
Cool idea
The pallets look like tackle magnets in a pond.
Don't go doing this in public waters until you check local regulations. Some states will write you a fine with a few zero's on the end.
Could you make a structure out of pvc?
Nice video man very entertaining!!
This is easy.
I need to make some of these
Smaller structures that work
All you have to do is cut saplings or big branches and weight the bottom
Just get old Christmas trees and put them in a pond or whatever
Good vid boss
Great vid!
You may should have added a disclaimer for those who plan to place fish structures in public waters.
Most states require permits for habit structures. Obviously private ponds like your placing structure in doesn't require any permit, but for public lakes you most get authorisation from DNR in most states.
Not in Texas or Louisiana they put them all over toled bend
I heard old automotive batteries work well to weight these kind of structures down!
If you want to fill your pond or lake with LEAD!
FIRST
Great idea but I would stay away from using synthetic potentially toxic materials that could possibly have a negative impact on the environment decades down the road. Stay with the natural wood pallets and possibly just cutting local limbs hanging over the lake areas as long as the law permits for that particular lake.
You probably squished some fishies
Hello saludos
I thought structure was bottom features, humps, ledges, creek channels and we'll brush piles and fish habbits are under cover. Nothing against your project, but the terminology should be clarified.
If the DNR catches you dumping pallets and barrels into a lake you'll get heavy fine or go to jail. Never do this.
mrBDeye it’s a private pond.
@@BottomlandOutdoors
Your viewers may not know this and get into a huge problem. I mean huge.
I kinda see where your coming from but If you can’t infer that this is a small private farm pond you shouldn’t be operating power tools to make the fish structures in the first place. Also here in Mississippi you can add various homemade structures to public lakes, yess there are rules but I’m pretty sure the pallet structure would be okay but not the plastic barrels
@@BottomlandOutdoors
You drove there so its not obvious the pond belongs to your family.
Further down in the comments section 3 days ago Jeremy said similar thing. Heavy fine if caught dumping.
cheap???? $1=+each lag screws????? LOL
David Hampton we buy them in bulk so didn’t think about the retail price. Even at $1 you only need 6 of them.
I hate pallet structure. Not fishermen friendly
Session gang find this guy and arrest Them For polluting
Rodney Johnston stfu and go on some where ya dumb fuck! 🖕🏻🖕🏻
I see you dumping pallets with nails, screws rubber coated wire, hose and tires into anywhere I fish and you will have a bad day!
Mike Bierer good thing it’s a private pond and you can’t fish there! Before you leave a negative comment it’s very simple... remove your fingers from your keyboard and use what’s between your ears. People don’t care for opinions on what they should do on their private property.
@@BottomlandOutdoors lmao! Obviously you do care, Kiddo or you wouldn't have replied. Good luck with your garbage filled pond.
@@mikebierer5433 and there's the asshole that cares enough to reply
You talk to much.
Please don’t introduce “JUNK” to fish-able waters……Think eco friendly fellow fisherman