Hi, my name is Trustee Wright and I'm an Extension Specialist with the Alabama Co-op of the Extension System. And today we're going to tell you a little bit about how to put together a fish attractor that you can use in your local pond, home pond, and that really helps bring in those fish making me easier to catch. It's that time of the year right after the Christmas season when there's a lot of the live Christmas trees that either weren't sold and they're available at dealers, they used to have to get rid of them or they're left over from people's homes. In either case these are a cheap way to put out attractors that can go all those fish in close to shore. So I'm going to show you some simple techniques where to place them, how to attach the center block so that they don't get away and drift off around the pond and some other approaches that you can use to maximize the use of these trees. First you're going to need to gather up all the materials you're going to need for three Christmas tree, bundled all you'll need about two concrete blocks to hold them in place and some coated wire to attach the trees to the blocks, drilled through the bases of the trees, and a little flotation to help hold those trees upright in the water. First drill through the base of the tree allows you to run some wire around there and attach a concrete block for weights as you can see here. This allows us to weight the bottom of the tree and then with a little extra flotation we can then stand this bundle of trees upright in the pond to provide maximum fish attracting ability. If preferred concrete can be poured into the block around the base of the tree to provide the extra weighting and a secure of the tree rather than wire, although wire should be less expensive. Here you can see we've added a little closed cell pool noodle to add some flotation to hold these trees in an upright position once the trees are deployed. Had we wanted to deploy these horizontally we could have used some weights at the top of the tree to hold them down the bottom of the pond. With the weights and the flotation attached the bundle of trees is now ready to be deployed. Come in and place them in about 4-6 feet of water and where they can be fished directly from shore or from a fishing pier. Of course place them in an area where they could be easily augmented by adding even more trees in the future or other structures that can be added to this group of trees. These bundles of Christmas trees simply don't last very long. The small leaves and twigs quickly decompose and so you really need to be able to add other materials to them through time to really get the most out of these fishing reefs. So in summary bundle up a group of trees 3 and 4 at a time and use at least a couple blocks for each three trees. Use some cuddled wire and hold those together or you can use some concrete. Add some inexpensive flotation if you want to keep those trees in an upright position or wait the tops of the trees. Place those bundles in 4-6 feet of water and then be prepared to augment those trees two times. For all the pond management literature available from Alabama Cooperative Extension please visit www.al.org or you can contact your local county office for more information. Thank you.