Thread: brush pile question.

Well a pond I am sure isn't much different than a lake cause it's all water and you are placing structure in it. I have put wood in the water and caught fish on it the very next day. The longer it's in there the better it will be....hope that helps......Ranger

I actually did a non scientific study along these lines in my pond. What I found was western red cedars takes a long time for fish to start hangin round if put in green. Oaks though are almost immediate attractors. Now, I'll dry my cedars for a season before I put them in. There are other factors I know but this is a quick answer as I'm still at work!

okay and heres another question how much brush is too much brush. The pile I set in was jus random limbs that had alot of stick on it and I layed it down and tied a rock to it its in about 8 feet of water and the pile is about two feet tall off the bottom.

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?

My observation is you can never put in to big of a tree. But I am fishing open lakes though. The bigger the better. Now I am going to make some of y'all mad but here goes. I HATE CEDAR AND WILL NEVER PLACE ANY FOR MY WOOD PERIOD. Reason behind that is if green it takes so long for them to be productive. When dry it takes so much weight to sink it. Another factor they are to tight and hard for the bigger fish to get in and chase the bait fish. They do hold a lot of small fish. Another reason is they are hard to fish with a jig period. There are only 2 trees that I will place for structure as a long term pile and those are Persimmon and Pecan. Here's a fact for you and that is that Beavers will not cut either of them under the water. Now for short term structure a willow or sycamore works well but will not last more than a year or two since Beavers love them. They are soft wood and will rot away very fast. A willow is very limber as well and getting hung up in one and shaking it around will also spook the fish. Pecan and Persimmon are loose enough with big limbs to fish it very easy and allows the big fish to get inside and hide and will also hold a lot of bait fish.....Ranger

here are some piles i put in at Kaw Wed. One picture is it headed down on downscan. I fished them in one hour with success! keep in mind, i do not randomly drop brush, but i put it where the bait and fish are.

Cool pics! We have put in cedars on kaw, and have not had luck fishing them since, so Ranger might have a point. My go to spot is a waterlogged tree in the early spring that is not too dense, so his other point of using less dense wood makes sense as well. Ledge, what tree did you sink?

Anyone use artificial structure? PVC? Those made from folded up strips of vinyl siding look interesting.