My pier on Norman is in 12-13 feet of water at full pool just inside a major creek. In the last 50 years, we’ve caught many thousands of crappie off our pier. However, they’ve been almost nonexistent the last few years. My plan over the next few weeks is to strategically place brush under the pier which will still make it conducive to shooting or flipping jigs and minnows in certain places and know I won’t get hung up. I’ll be able to go down and strap the brush securely to wooden piling and even trim back branches if needed.

I’m most interested In putting in the best brush to attract crappie. That being the case, what would you be putting in the water? Would you focus on mainly logs/branches vs. “brushy” stuff? Would you sink green or dead material? Would you put in oak, cedar, gum, etc? Would love to hear some first hand experience as well as results.

Thanks in advance.
TW