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I gather as many as i feel like sinking, this yr its 23. I use 8-10 per spot. I prefer oval shapes so everyone in the boat has brush to fish. I place them in 14-17 ft of water. I trim the limbs and make them look like poodle bushes and then place the bases in pipe or buckets and fill with concrete. My trees work great about 4-5 months after placed. Probably get 20-30 keepers off each pile every time you fish them. heres some pics
those trees with the poodle cut look really good. i like the idea of opening them up like that. do you do as good with them the next year as the first?
Thats a good idea, I like the poodle cut.
typically i do just as well if not better the 2nd year, but i add brush each yr to my old spots. the poodle cut gets more big fish in there. I have sunk some without the cut and had alot of dinks around those but no big fish. around the poodle cut i have even caught 8 lb bass while crappie fishing.
I like the way you cut out sections for the fish to get in and under. I like to do something like that with my. Do you leave all the needles on when you sink them?
Have fun fishing them.:)
needles and all are left on them.
I have sunk many Christmas tree with good luck. But my hat goes off to you for the poodle cut... ;)makes good sense to cut the limbs back to allow fish to get in and under the limbs....:D
But I put a 2.5 gal jug in the top of my tree to keep em upright instead of laying on the bottom......
Keep up the good work and thanks for the post....
oh they stay standing up.....not much current in the lake i fish and the weights sink into the mud a little. My 797 shows them standing upright.
agdave112, What kind of boat do you use to transport them to the hole? I would lovew to see a picture of that.... I don't think that my bass tracker could hold more than 2 or 3 at the most
Just make sure their all unplugged! :)