Lake bottom rakes

icg56 · 05-18-2023, 08:34 PM

Use a heavy-duty pond net if you are trying to collect leaves, etc. Much better than a rake. For example
https://www.thepondguy.com/product/t...e-utility-net/

Islandbum · 05-24-2023, 08:08 PM

I use a Jenless weed raker. Have had for 15 years no probs.
I learned from my grandad…make a 4’x4’ frame out 2x4s and cover with chicken wire type product with half inch squares. Put on top of truck inner tube and add a rope and anchor. Rake into piles the put on tube contraption with pitch fork. Sand and water drip right thru. Bring tube to shore and let dry, lighter and easier to dispose. I use it on flower beds and is amazing.

AC2717 · 05-24-2023, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Islandbum

I use a Jenless weed raker. Have had for 15 years no probs.
I learned from my grandad…make a 4’x4’ frame out 2x4s and cover with chicken wire type product with half inch squares. Put on top of truck inner tube and add a rope and anchor. Rake into piles the put on tube contraption with pitch fork. Sand and water drip right thru. Bring tube to shore and let dry, lighter and easier to dispose. I use it on flower beds and is amazing.

would love a photo of this

Islandbum · 05-25-2023, 06:29 AM

Sorry no pics, sold house in late 90s, couldn’t afford taxes

But I built my own when I was 12 and did all my neighbors properties, made enough to buy a nice car when I turned 16
Island life was some of the best years of my life. Black cat.

SAMIAM · 05-25-2023, 06:50 AM

I have western exposure and every spring I have some silt and leaves accumulated on the bottom so I use the same method every year.
Start my boat, leave it in gear and at idle speed to start a current flowing.
Then I use a roof rake loosen up the material and out to sea it goes leaving me with a sparkling sandy bottom.

Islandbum · 05-25-2023, 07:07 AM

Nice Samiam. You probably saw my grandad using my said apparatus. He used it at Swallow point for years!

SAMIAM · 05-26-2023, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Islandbum

Nice Samiam. You probably saw my grandad using my said apparatus. He used it at Swallow point for years!

Might even be where I got the idea.....lived on Swallow Point for many years...whom was your grandad?

Islandbum · 05-27-2023, 08:08 AM

Samiam. Sent PM

Susie Cougar · 05-30-2023, 07:03 PM

I scooped the leaves out with a fishing net. I’ve done it forever.

05-18-2023, 08:34 PM	#1
icg56 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 84 Thanks: 3 Thanked 33 Times in 19 Posts	Pond Net Use a heavy-duty pond net if you are trying to collect leaves, etc. Much better than a rake. For example https://www.thepondguy.com/product/t...e-utility-net/

05-24-2023, 08:08 PM	#2
Islandbum Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Some farm on an island somewhere Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	I use a Jenless weed raker. Have had for 15 years no probs. I learned from my grandad…make a 4’x4’ frame out 2x4s and cover with chicken wire type product with half inch squares. Put on top of truck inner tube and add a rope and anchor. Rake into piles the put on tube contraption with pitch fork. Sand and water drip right thru. Bring tube to shore and let dry, lighter and easier to dispose. I use it on flower beds and is amazing.

05-25-2023, 06:29 AM	#4
Islandbum Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Some farm on an island somewhere Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Sorry no pics, sold house in late 90s, couldn’t afford taxes But I built my own when I was 12 and did all my neighbors properties, made enough to buy a nice car when I turned 16 Island life was some of the best years of my life. Black cat.

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05-25-2023, 06:50 AM	#5
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,899 Thanks: 334 Thanked 1,676 Times in 586 Posts	I have western exposure and every spring I have some silt and leaves accumulated on the bottom so I use the same method every year. Start my boat, leave it in gear and at idle speed to start a current flowing. Then I use a roof rake loosen up the material and out to sea it goes leaving me with a sparkling sandy bottom.

05-25-2023, 07:07 AM	#6
Islandbum Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Some farm on an island somewhere Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Nice Samiam. You probably saw my grandad using my said apparatus. He used it at Swallow point for years!

05-27-2023, 08:08 AM	#8
Islandbum Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Some farm on an island somewhere Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Samiam. Sent PM

05-30-2023, 07:03 PM	#9
Susie Cougar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Parrish, Florida Posts: 612 Thanks: 287 Thanked 225 Times in 160 Posts	I scooped the leaves out with a fishing net. I’ve done it forever.