Very good question Youngblood. I have a follow up query. Anyone have experience with bamboo piles? I placed several in my pond and in 10 months never did catch fish on them. I have seen them used in southern Arkansas but never fished one. I did trim them up with lots of space between branches but didn't seem to help. I know the fish are in there and there is very little cover in this 10' deep one acre pond so its a mystery to me. Ideas?