Fish Attractors, an idea....

[Mac2]

You can make some great fish attractors using 5 gallon bucket lids. Drill a hole in the center and run a rope through the hole and finish by tying a figure 8 knot in the end of the rope. Use liquid nails to attach three equally spaced pieces of fun noodle foam at the outer edge under the lid...maybe 3 inches in length, glued on horazontally....using the side of the foam as a gluing surface so air will not become trapped in the open hole of the foam...liquid nails will work well. Now, tie on a weight heavy enough to sink the lid and serve as an anchor. These will provide shelter for bass during the spawn and will serve as fish attractors at other times. Several close together would be perhaps beneficial. 16 inches off bottom would probably provide great shelter, but they can also be staggered at different heights. I haven't tried this yet, just came up with the idea this morning....but am thinking it should work very well. Hard to snag, the lid keeps the cranks away from the rope underneath. If the knot might snag a lure, you could cover it with a glued on plastic cup...just put a couple small holes in the cup so it doesn't trap air when the attractor is first planted. As I have not tried this yet, you may want to experiment. If you find something works better along the way, kindly post on this board and share your experience. Thanks, and Good Fishing, Mac

Using green lids would provide giant lilypads suspended underwater.

[Rebbasser]

Dr. Mac-n-stein strikes again! Great idea, Mac! How is life treating you these days?

[carolina-rig-01]

sounds like it could work........good idea.

[rangerryan]

heres an idea that works in my pond. take a 20' joint of 6" pvc pipe and cut it in to 4' links and then bundle it together and ad some weight to sink it. the bass love hanging out in the tubes to wait for an ambush.

ryan

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by rangerryan

heres an idea that works in my pond. take a 20' joint of 6" pvc pipe and cut it in to 4' links and then bundle it together and ad some weight to sink it. the bass love hanging out in the tubes to wait for an ambush.

ryan

another good idea.......wouldn't happen to be any of these on grand would there? lol

[rangerryan]

ha ha, no but i did ok there last season if you need any spots

[BigBassin144]

Goods ideas guys, I've been looking at something to put in our pond, but we also swim in our pond during the summer, so it kind of limis what we can use.

BB

[CMorg]

I plan on making PVC trees with 2" pipe , with joints to make " branches " and then concrete them into a 5 gallon bucket , I think with this set up there will be no hang ups..

[crankybait]

You always seem to think up these nice idea... yet another one. I gotta get around to finding a lake i can do this at

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by rangerryan

ha ha, no but i did ok there last season if you need any spots

i actually had a really good year on grand, several 16-20lb days and a few days over 20lbs but i am always looking for new spots if you are offering hahaha. seriously we should get together for a day on grand. quenston is from around grand so we could even see if he wanted to tag along as well.

[Lilmoosecountry]

Up north we always use to use fish decoys tied to a marker bouy.

[rangerryan]

c rig youre on, you just let me know when youre ready. bring along some of those famous jigs of yours.

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by rangerryan

c rig youre on, you just let me know when youre ready. bring along some of those famous jigs of yours.

may be closer to spring but i will get ahold of you for sure, and i always have a lot of jigs on hand.

[Mac2]

Just got off the line talking to the regional Wildlife Agent. He really liked the attractor, but also added to use a braided poly rope, it will last much longer than nylon.....also suggested a brick with holes for the anchor.
Good Fishing, Mac