Porcupine Fish Attractor

[Ztkirkpatric]

I fish Lake Ouachita 99% of my time. To be successful consistently it really helps to set structure, I've always used bamboo, but it needs to be replaced on a yearly basis and is quite a hassle.

The "Porcupine Fish Attractor" looks pretty cool, a little expensive, but in the long term not having to replace these brush piles every year they may be worth it. Has anyone used them? What are your opinions on them?

If i use 3 of them for 1 big structure which is my plan, I normally set 3 brush piles per spot... I'm looking somewhere in the 90-100 dollar range. Now I can make a lot of boo brush for that kind of money, but driving, cutting, dragging it to the lake.... Is not an easy feat.

[Scrapper]

Why do you have to replace you boo every year?? That stuff sticks around a LONG time. Are they maybe falling over??

I think you would be better off sticking with natural stuff. Are you not finding them on your graph?? I know they feel different after the leaves are not longer on them.

[Ztkirkpatric]

Don't guess I have to, most of its under 20 ft of water so I didn't realize they stick around that long, I don't have much as far as electronics goes, cheap unit... I fish near the mouth of river on the lake and after a big rain the current gets stout. Sometimes the boo will move a bit... I had one last year that was so big I had to drill holes through the boo to get it to sink, had a full 5 gallon bucket full of Crete on the bottom. Maybe I should make them smaller and less buoyant.

[Scrapper]

Cheap units are fine. You just have to learn to set the sensitivity and depth range. I have never had anything nice. I really liked the eagle 320 and 480 units. If you learn to work them you can find your boo. Learn to set it manually. Took me a while to learn this, but I did. My favorite unit was like 90 bucks on ebay. It also was an eagle...had a gps in it.

Its been a while...but I remember setting it up with depth towards the bottom of the screen....then use a 1/8 ounce jig and get my sensitivity to where I can just see the jig moving up and down. If you get your sensitivity to sensitive you'll get ALOT of trash in the screen...

Do not use the fish id...and do not use the auto settings. You'll have alot better luck. Spend some time in the electronics forum. Post some pics...they'll help you out. It will make your time on the water alot better. Your boo is there. You just have to get your graph setup.

[LMBarnett]

take a folgers can and runa couple pieces of PVC thru it, fill the can with rocks or concrete. Or search the forum for coffee can condo... MUCH cheaper

[Cray]

take a folgers can and runa couple pieces of PVC thru it, fill the can with rocks or concrete. Or search the forum for coffee can condo... MUCH cheaper

Exactly and a whole lot cheaper than them factory jobs.

[CrappiePappy]

Not only the coffee can condos ... but, I've seen where people have taken old basketballs & bowling balls, and put PVC pipe thru/in them & made Porcupine Fish Attractor clones !! I've also seen where members take a 5gal plastic bucket & fill it with rocks/sand/crete & drop a bunch of them to make a "stump bed".

... cp

[LMBarnett]

I've also seen where members take a 5gal plastic bucket & fill it with rocks/sand/crete & drop a bunch of them to make a "stump bed".

... cp

Or just drop cinder blocks, same principle, and alot easier.

[Crappie Greg]

some type of wood seems to be most productive!

[Ztkirkpatric]

some type of wood seems to be most productive!

That was my first thought... But they seem to love the poles under the docks.