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Sinking artificial tree for crappie
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:02 pm
Anybody ever sink an artificial Christmas tree for crappie?
Thinking about dropping ours after this year instead of trashing it. Curious how well they hold up and if fish actually use them. Did you weight them with concrete or blocks? Strip anything off first?
If you’ve done it before, post pics or any recommendations on depth/placement.
Thinking about dropping ours after this year instead of trashing it. Curious how well they hold up and if fish actually use them. Did you weight them with concrete or blocks? Strip anything off first?
If you’ve done it before, post pics or any recommendations on depth/placement.
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Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:16 pm to ChrisN
Yes fish will use them. I'd buy a little bucket of lard and once empty use it as a concrete mold. Don't need a 5 gallon bucket of concrete to sink a tree.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:57 pm to saintsfan1977
Leave ornaments on to make it more festive
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:05 pm to KemoSabe65
And lights...
Posted on 12/20/25 at 4:51 pm to KemoSabe65
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Leave ornaments on to make it more festive
I wouldn't do that. The crappie will take the place of the ornaments. I see a lot of brush piles on LS. They are usually decorated.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 8:53 pm to ChrisN
Old plastic bucket and bag of concrete. Make concrete in bucket, place tree in it, let set overnight.
Place in pond.
You can also use cane…
Place in pond.
You can also use cane…
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:47 pm to ChrisN
You need to make sure the tree doesn't come apart. Might have to run a sheet metal screw where the sections come together where they attach in the trunk.
Then, you want it to float upside down. Tie a cinder block to the top and a crab trap float to base and throw it over board.
Then, you want it to float upside down. Tie a cinder block to the top and a crab trap float to base and throw it over board.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 9:57 am to SoFla Tideroller
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And lights...
Especially when you plug them in.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 11:44 am to CHEDBALLZ
quote:Yes
Then, you want it to float upside down
Posted on 12/21/25 at 12:32 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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you want it to float upside down
I have never thought about that but it makes sense. That's a good idea
Posted on 12/21/25 at 12:41 pm to ChrisN
I have tried trees and pvc. The trees were far more productive than the pvc.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 2:57 pm to Taxman2010
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I have tried trees and pvc. The trees were far more productive than the pvc.
I have found PVC to only attract fish in water that is otherwise devoid of any cover at all. There were some PVC type ones in a private lake I fish, they occasionally held fish. I sank 3 Christmas trees at three varying depths and those became the hot spots and nothing hung around the pre-existing PVC structures anymore.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:05 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Then, you want it to float upside down. Tie a cinder block to the top and a crab trap float to base and throw it over board.
For an artificial tree that might work, but for a real tree, this just seems like it would snap off earlier and drift away somewhere else.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:26 pm to deeprig9
One of my best spots in a local lake is a bunch of PVC. The lake is loaded with timber, tops and hydrilla.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:45 pm to AlxTgr
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One of my best spots in a local lake is a bunch of PVC. The lake is loaded with timber, tops and hydrilla.
I guess mileage varies!
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:03 pm to AlxTgr
We used drop a lot of PVC and could typically pull a few off. There are some areas on the lake where an incredible amount of trees have been dropped and they seem to produce more. You can sit on top of some of the tree piles for hours and catch fish. Never had that experience with the pvc.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 9:36 pm to ChrisN
Man, I wouldn’t sink an artificial Christmas tree…that might disintegrate and kill a bunch of fish. Drive through any neighborhood the week after Christmas and you can collect all of the real trees you want.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 10:05 pm to Taxman2010
There’s a bunch of the PVC ones exposed where I was duck hunting this weekend. The PVC reefs just looked sterile to me. The brush piles others built nearby out of trees looked way better in my opinion, but I’m not a fish.
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