trees

[wannagofishin]

I've heard that there are certain Christmas trees that shouldn't be used because they give off a 'chemical' or something when in the water...any truth to that.

If not, I'm planning on hitting up the Boy Scout tree sale lot this winter and buying up their leftovers for a nice donation and sinking them...

Also, what about this thought - getting smaller sized trees, trimming off the bottom branches, putting them in a bucket with concrete, and dropping them in so they stand upright....too much work, or good idea???

[KCBALLER]

i dont know about the x- trees and a chemical, however alot of people use 5 gallon buckets with pvc pipe, any size you wantor old 1x2's. the guys on the misouri board do alot of bed building go there and ask, they will be happy to help ya .good luck

ed

[prchjerker]

If youre going to use pine trees or cedars try to let them brown out before you sink them.I personally like to torch them and burn the needles off a well.This will help let the algae grow fast, and getting rid of the needles and some of the small branches will make it easier to fish.I personally try to stay awawy from them because of the extra work involved.PJ.

[FishnLine]

If youre going to use pine trees or cedars try to let them brown out before you sink them.I personally like to torch them and burn the needles off a well.This will help let the algae grow fast, and getting rid of the needles and some of the small branches will make it easier to fish.I personally try to stay awawy from them because of the extra work involved.PJ.

Personally, I wouldn't want to burn them, because of the mess they would make in the boat. It's good to let the needles fall off for sinking purposes though. The first time I sank some, I tried while they were green and ended up having to get more blocks to attach to them. I have heard Christmas trees only last a year or two and to me, that's a lot of work for that short of time.

[CrappieTexan]

I've heard that there are certain Christmas trees that shouldn't be used because they give off a 'chemical' or something when in the water..
I have heard that but dont know...

If not, I'm planning on hitting up the Boy Scout tree sale lot this winter and buying up their leftovers for a nice donation and sinking them...
Good idea.... I use a concrete test beam (55 lb) I get from TxDOT (FREE) to tie onto the bottom and tie a 2.5 gal plastic jug in the top... this will keep it upright from now on.... other wise it will just be a clump of brush on the bottom..works great.... been fishing over some for 3 years and still producing...... hope this helps....

[redneckradtech]

Seems like cedar and xmas trees are so easy to hang up in I am going to pull out all that stuff I sunk around my dock and replace it with boo and pvc condos and hardwood stake beds.

[CrappiePappy]

Seems like cedar and xmas trees are so easy to hang up in I am going to pull out all that stuff I sunk around my dock and replace it with boo and pvc condos and hardwood stake beds.

weedless jighead on my line :D

Crappie rarely get "in" the smaller cedar/xmas/pine trees, but minnows & fry love them (probably for that very reason ... LOL!!) Crappie are generally using the tree/condo/pvc/boo/stakebed ... as a ambush site, because it presents shade (which enhances their camo coloration). Also, since they do collect algae, and some baitfish feed on that algae, it brings these baitfish into range.
I've caught Crappie from Cedar trees, lying on their side, in less than 3ft of water .... but, I've caught a lot more from a solo standing Cedar, or a stand of submerged Cedars. The reason being ... the fish caught from the horizontal trees, were spawning -- while the fish caught from the standing ones, were there during the greater portion of the year. From that experience, it would be my guess that having both (shallow & deep) types of cover present, would cover all the bases.

... cp

[Spiderman]

I agree with Crappiepappy, weedless jigheads are the way to go. Bamboo tops are just as tough to fish as cedars when you fish within them were the big crappie live.

[redneckradtech]

Seems like putting a few small cedar trees integrated with the artifical covers just to attract the minnows and have ambush sites for the crappie to hold in but where to be easily fished. A few small bait holders would bait crappie to the hold areas?

[peepaw]

We burn the needles off first, then sink.