Aluminum-framed floating dock delivery and shipping information

If you live in Texas or Oklahoma and would like Pond King to install your aluminum-framed floating dock, our drivers will deliver the dock to your property. For the most accurate delivery estimate, please call 940-668-2573 or email marketing@pondking.com. For your information, here are the installation and delivery fees per mile.

Delivery Fees Per Mile: 

• In Texas: $3.50/mile one way, within 249.9 miles of Gainesville
• In Texas: $4.00/mile one way over 250 miles of Gainesville
• Oversized Docks In Oklahoma: $5.00/mile one way

If you live anywhere else in the continental U.S., your aluminum-framed dock will be shipped to you via Common Carrier Motor Freight and you'll need to install the dock yourself. Shipped docks must be delivered to a commercial address with the ability to unload large pallets. A crating fee is included in the aluminum-framed floating dock shipping estimates.

Why is fish habitat so important?

Fish like cover. They either go to it to feed, or they go to it to avoid being eaten. Submerged vegetation is valuable as habitat for predatory species like Bass or Crappie and for forage species like Bluegill. Pond King’s fish biologists designed the Honey Hole product line to augment or replace naturally occurring aquatic vegetation to attract game fish (the fish that use cover as ambush to help them feed) and protect forage fish. Our artificial fish habitat is designed for pond and lake owners to help with fish population management.

Why use artificial fish habitat instead of natural vegetation or cover?

Natural vegetation can be difficult to control for a two primary reasons;

• Vegetation can take over the environment,
• Structure can, and almost always does, decay.

It’s not all that easy to manage naturally occurring habitat. Our fish habitat is intended to provide an effective and affordable alternative to natural cover types for a variety of purposes and objectives. All of Pond King’s artificial fish habitat is safe for the environment, reduces the likelihood of snagged lures, is easy to assemble and deploy, and doesn’t decay, and you can find it using your fish finder so locating your honey hole season after season is a a snap.

Is there any assembly required for the Honey Hole Artificial Fish Habitat?

The Honey Hole Grass, Reed and Dock Dropper all ship fully assembled. The other Honey Hole products require some minimal assembly, which can easily be done in your shop or at your pond, but never with any toxic glues!

Is it hard to install the Honey Hole Artificial Habitat?

Absolutely not! The Honey Hole, and the Honey Hole Reed, Brush and Grass can just be tossed into the water from your boat or the shore. You just drop the Dock Dropper from your dock (as the name implies), secure it to your deck and you are good to go. The Honey Hole Canopy requires just a little more effort; you just have to attach it to a weight (not included), and then drop it the water.

Is the Honey Hole Artificial Fish Habitat environmentally safe?

All the Honey Hole artificial fish habitat is made of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and is designed to be assembled without any toxic glues or adhesives, so yes it is safe for the environment. In fact, given that it doesn’t degrade overtime and minimizes the number of lures snagged that land on the bottom of the lake or pond, some might even say our artificial fish habitat is good for the environment.

How should I decide which Artificial Habitat to choose?

Use this Artificial Fish Habitat At-a-Glance chart that shows the ideal depth and placement for each type of artificial fish habitat. If you still have questions, give us a call at (940) 305-0490 and our fisheries biologist can help you decide. 

What’s the difference between the Honey Hole Live Series and the Refuge Series?

The major difference is that one series is designed to mimic natural “cover” and the other to serve as an alternative to natural “structure.”

• The Live Series, with its dual colored leaf variation, dynamic movement, and structural complexity, is designed to imitate cover. In fact, it is the only artificial fish habitat on the market that imitates the dynamic movement and structural complexity of natural cover like aquatic vegetation and brush. Flexible limbs that move with current and natural appearances are part of each of the five different offerings within this artificial habitat line.
• The Refuge Series, with its internal protective space and external habitat that provides cover for fish at various life stages is intended to replicate “structure.” Although the products in the Refuge line are very similar to the natural structure sought by both juvenile and mature fishes as shelter, they are all constructed of flexible, snag-resistant limbs that never need to be replaced.