"structure on a string" SOS

[oldfart]

I have heard some talk about a product called "structure on a string". It is supposed to be a fake weed set-up you can use to attract fish in a lake with minimal structure. Anyone know where I can find it

[Neiko]

Look what our own Matt Johnson had to say about it. Here you go.

http://www.ladredge.com/

[Random guy]

I use the camera foilage from ladredge

and love it. I fish alot of clear water lakes with spooky fish and the foilage seemed to put the fish at ease.

[Northlander]

Just make sure when you use these weeds on a string to keep it far enough away from the holes you fish that a fish cant get ya tangled up in them. Right S.T.?

[Random guy]

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Just make sure when you use these weeds on a string to keep it far enough away from the holes you fish that a fish cant get ya tangled up in them. Right S.T.?

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Ya thats a mess

[BDR]

What a great idea. I always here of guys putting in permanent structue, but that is not really an option here in MN as it is illegal. In certail areas I fish those isolated areas with patches of small weeds or a single tree are fish magnets. It just makes sense that these would work well.

I will have the opportunity to fish using these next weekend, I will report back.

[Everclear]

Has anyone checked into this stuff to see if it is realy legal in MN? Sounds like a great idea but its definitely not worth a ticket.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Here is another report on SOS that Paul Waldowski and I wrote.. its an article on the main page.

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/fishinfo354.html

[lars0926]

Nothing against the guys selling this as a turnkey package, but my uncle has been doing this for years. You can get a product from your local pet shot/petsmart/petco called Giant Asparagus for $8.50. It comes in three foot lengths. We'd tie our line to it with a big teardrop sinker at the bottom. The turnkey solution sounds good, but for those of you who are DIY's, you can save a couple bucks and put together this rig in your garage.

[Swimmer]

Lars, I looked into this too. But by the time you add up the time spent, gas costs, and probably an inferior end product, the twenty bucks for the real thing may not be such a bad deal. Unless, of course, this might be a fun project to with the kids, ect.

[smallie_hawgin]

I went and bought a 30' strand of plastic garland at fleet for $2.50, had the cord, and purchased a cord holder for all of .75.... I can make up to 10 of these for the price of less than one of the real deals..Total invested time 15 minutes (for two)! I am definetely on the DIY route...

I wish I could vouch for their effectiveness as of yet. I have a positive feeling about their use in dishpan lakes with little or no cover though....

[robj]

If people are using it at upper red lake, how can it be illegal in MN??

Can someone verify this?

[Mark Christianson]

Permanent structures are illegal in MN.

Not the "portable" being talked about in this thread.

[robj]

Thanks for clearing that up...

[afull]

Hey guys,

Been a long time lurker on the site here. I was interested when I saw this structure on a string. We have a lake near my home that is excellent for nice crappies in the spring around the docks but in the winter there is no structure. The lake is at most 6 ft deep..maybe 5. Anyone have experience in this type of situation?? Also there is another lake near us that is at most 4 ft deep...at most. It is always hot for jumbo perch in the winter but it is so spotty that you have to be lucky. The water in both of these lakes is like chocolate milk...visibility is about 1 foot. Can someone tell me if this would be worth a shot in these lakes?

[Deitz Dittrich]

afull- i dont see why not... I can tell you only from my exp. so far... fish will find the SOS, and use them. So instead of catching 1 or 2 fish from a school as they swim by, the school hands out and checks out thier new cover. I would have never have believed it myself. I really thought this stuff was a joke. I never thought I would be caught dead using this stuff.. Now I am not so sure I will leave home with out a least 4?

I really have only been wrong on an item like this twice.. this stuff and Ice Buster Bobbers... I thought they were a joke too... now I have not bought another bobber other than an icebuster in the last 4 years.

[tylerflom89]

Permanent Structure is illegal here? Didn't know that.

[hanson]

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If people are using it at upper red lake, how can it be illegal in MN??

Can someone verify this?

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I can verify that it is legal! I was checked by a CO twice in my perm. shack on Red last winter while I had the "structure" in the lake. He was wondering if I had "extra lines" outside my shack and I took him outside and pulled up all the structure. No problem and he was actually quite interested in the product as well.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Tyler- Yes, permanent structure is illegal in MN. An example of this, many states people put brush piles made of old x-mas trees. In Minnesota this is illegal. Making fish cribs and putting them out yourself is also illegal unles you have a permit to do it.

[Wayne Ek]

Yes, but Deitz! Why would anyone but out a fish crib? Don't you just catch baby fish from them? Could not pass on this one Deitz...

Wayne

[Deitz Dittrich]

Only you Wayne!!! LOL.. I have caught a few non baby fish out of cribs before... but only becuase I am really tallented! I'll show you some day!

[hogsucker]

What a joke. Sorry, but these ice-fishing gizmos are getting out of control. Fish use weeds because they produce oxygen and start off the food-chain. Zooplankton, various nymphs, minnows and young of the year fish are attracted to these green weeds, and thus the gamefish connection. In my opinion, there's got to be something better to waste your money on. ~hogsucker

[lars0926]

Hogsucker. The only thing worse that I can think to spend my money on is the wife.

[backlash 1]

OK, I believe they could be effective, but if you put them around the outside of your house, what prevents them from freezing in big time? or do you just chisel them out when you're done?

[Deitz Dittrich]

First off, Hogsucker I couldn't have agreed with you more till I tried it. Trust me I had your same thoughts! All I am telling youis, I have seen them work. And not just one time either.

Backlash-they are suspended beneath a swim noodle type bobber, that if frozen in you mearly push hard on the material and they seemed to pop out of the ice. I have not had a probelm getting them back out.