Now that the holiday season is over and you’re putting away your Christmas and New Years decorations, Coosa Riverkeeper staff would like to remind you of how to properly sink your Christmas tree for your local fish habitat!
Sinking your Christmas tree allows life to flourish and can provide an entire ecosystem for the smallest level of the food chain (like phytoplankton, the Coosa crayfish, and minnows), to the biggest predators we all love to catch, creating a fishing hotspot over time.
Join other anglers and lake lovers to sink your Christmas tree this winter! Follow the steps below to make sure your tree will be a viable habitat for many years to come.
Secure your tree trunk to a heavy base (like a cement block) to make sure the tree will sink to the bottom of the waterbody and stand straight vertically.
Trim some limbs off to make space for both large and small fish.
Find an area of the lake where fish hang out that is plenty deep and away from navigational areas. Be sure it is deep enough to avoid creating boating hazards!
Sink your tree and give yourself a pat on the back for helping create more habitat for our fisheries!
If you can’t sink your tree on your own but would still like to learn about Christmas tree recycling, contact your Alabama’s conservation department to learn about designated recycling locations in your area!
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For more information, swim over to www.CoosaRiver.org.
