Where to sink brush in a lake?

[constructskeeter]

My main question here is who sinks it next to existing brush and who sinks it out in open water around breaks, points, ect. I have a spot where a road goes out into open water and it has drops off the edges in many places, some more distinct than others. I'm sure if I could see down there there's probably culverts, stumps, and other stuff dotted out along the road also but nothing too major as I've dragged the Ol Carolina rig across it a lot.
I was hoping to make either a crappie spot or a bass spot or both since they seem to like similar area's.
Sinking out in open water like that may work better for trolling which is really fun so that's something I was looking at although I've never caught many trolling open water in this lake, most have come from stationary fishing the brushy coves.
We've tried sinking brush around exiting brush on the lake before with little results. Most of the places I've found are just that, places I found, not those I set brush???? We've set PVC buckets out in open water before also but never caught a fish on them??? which really surprised me. Me and my buddy were thinking of alternating lakes by setting brush this season in one lake then next hitting the other lake in a rotation cycle.
Now I'm sure it all depends on your lakes structure pattern also. I mean if you have a lake where there's no brush you have to set in open water and visa versa. Of course setting it out in open water means marking it via gps and could mean less people find your brush, could but not necessarily mean less folks fish it cause with electronics these days and just others watching you catch fish in general means there's nothing unfished anymore.

[NIMROD]

I PLACE IT NEAR STUMPS , OPEN WATER FLATS, DROP OFFS , OR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. i HAVE STAKEBEDS IN A STUMP FIELD THAT WORKS. fISH SOMETIMES FAVOR CERTAIN COVER AT TIMES AND SEEM TO LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WHATS THERE IN A GIVEN AREA.

[BigRiverMarine]

Just put it where we can find it. Lol


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[slimecoat]

I know for a fact that Carolina rigs only telegraph things with sharp angles. I sunk over 100 round chucks of wood in a certain spot and can barely even feel the wood. I also know that wood is definitely superior to pvc. I think that you can hide the brush piles better if you make a couple of small ones verses a large one. Large pile glow red on the depth finder while small ones look like unintentional scrap branches. Different locations have produced at different times. I put them everywhere except in obvious places. Building secret spots is addicting.

[NIMROD]

I know for a fact that Carolina rigs only telegraph things with sharp angles. I sunk over 100 round chucks of wood in a certain spot and can barely even feel the wood. I also know that wood is definitely superior to pvc. I think that you can hide the brush piles better if you make a couple of small ones verses a large one. Large pile glow red on the depth finder while small ones look like unintentional scrap branches. Different locations have produced at different times. I put them everywhere except in obvious places. Building secret spots is addicting.

I agree , building brushpiles is one thing that bigger is not always better. I prefer to build a dozen small piles over 2 or 3 bigger ones.