Thread: Moving Brush Piles

I think once it is in the water, It could be considered "fair game" to fish. I wouldn't move it, but I'm sure others would. Just like fishing on a brush pile someone else put there. Once in the water, It doesn't make it their personal spot. My opinion.

I'd never move anyone's brush pile, but if I'm fishing a brush pile and someone says it's his and I have to leave, I probably wouldn't budge. It could be a brush pile he found as well and just wants to bully folks off. And in the event he did place it, it's in public water now and it's fair game. Anything I sunk is fair game for anyone as well, but to move it is just being a jerk and being too lazy to gather up some leftover Christmas trees or brush. Just driving in my neighborhood would yield a person all the brush they needed to make some piles. Besides, the guy that planted the brush likely knows that spot has potential to be a producer, why move it?
Definitely a vinegar cleansing move.

If you find it just fish on it.You should never move someones brush pile,it takes a lot of work and effort to make them.Have also had this happen to me and yes it PISSED ME OFF!!

Definitely not right to move it if someone put it there they went through a lot of trouble to have a place to fish. I have had people show me places before if I'm fishing it and they show up I move over. It's just a matter of respect.

I agree if it was put there by someone else fish it but don't move it or place markers on it. I have folks see me fish stuff and then take it over , mark it with jugs or styrofoam. If they take over something I put out yes then I will move it next trip they are not camped out on it. I also hate it when I build a stake bed that is working great and then some other fishermen wants to make it better and covers it up with brush or bamboo.
I had one brushpile that a guy kept marking with a jug and sat on it everyday. I cut the jug and next trip it was marked again. The guy found out I was cutting off markers and started mouthing . Since it was a public lake he could fish it because once it hit the water it was public property so leave my @#$ markers alone. I told him that once he left the jug and it became public property , I picked up trash . I just moved the brush pile and problem solved .

Once that brushpile sinks, you own the water around it for 50 yards in every direction. Anyone caught moving, fishing, motoring through, or even contemplating fishing said brush pile shall be electrocuted until they are dead!

Originally Posted by Cmj

Once that brushpile sinks, you own the water around it for 50 yards in every direction. Anyone caught moving, fishing, motoring through, or even contemplating fishing said brush pile shall be electrocuted until they are dead!

Into todays society you never know what will set another person off. A brush pile steak beds or what ever is not worth a confrontation with someone now days. (right or wrong) But it sure is not good manners of a sportsman to move another mans fish attractors. And it sure isn't worth getting killed over. I knew a old commercial fisherman that carried a pistol with him all the time. I truly believe that old man would shoot you died messing with his tackle. A person now days just never knows what kind of character you will meet out there.