I love bordella/Iron Wood

I have fished them all and there is no doubt that Iron wood or bordella trees are the best there is. I am telling you all this because I dont want you young whipper snappers to take over 50 years to learn what it took me to learn. If you are setting attractors in less than 10 feet deep USE IRON WOOD!!!. It consistently out fishes all the others, last forever and you will quickly get over the snags. Trust me on this.

Now if any of you in Central ARk got some extra bordella tree branches cut up laying around you are not going to use Please give me a call or PM me... I will drive to your place and pick it up. Tight Lines...

Master tell me more. PLEASE!

You can have that hook hanging crap. I know it holds fish but small limbs grab lines too! I use Persimmon myself, less hang ups and fish love it. The trees have few small limbs and heavy wood takes little weight to hold ( will actually sink green , just need weight to hold in place).

that good info guys

Pffft... Iron wood will be still catching fish 5 years after your persimmon tree has long gone rotted away. I trim the limbs before I sink it to make it a fish catching magnet... snags are no problem for me with this wood. I'll leave the persimmon trees for the deer to feed on.

CP when you go pick up you Iron Wood I like to go help so I figure out what Iron wood Is. I cant get google to show me a picture of it.

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Originally Posted by Gindog

CP when you go pick up you Iron Wood I like to go help so I figure out what Iron wood Is. I cant get google to show me a picture of it.

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I don't think they are called bordello. Just Ironwood trees Also not to confuse with the Iron tree in the desert.
They are pretty common along water edges and you will know why they call them Ironwood trees when you lay the saw to them. They sure do hold fish and last a long time no matter what you call them,
here is a pic of their leafs
Facts About the Ironwood Tree | eHow


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here ya go gindog...american hornbeam

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Originally Posted by dblevens

here ya go gindog...american hornbeam

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Now I see some of them before

Gindog the Ironwood and Button Willow grow around alot of lakes. The Ironwood has small twisted branches that will grab lines causing lots of hang ups. Fish will use them but the live trees are rough to fish around.

I'm not sure they are iron wood, but that's what my uncle called them when he took me fishing in south Arkansas. They held fish like there was a magnet in them and my jig only had to get within 6" before the bush it would reach out and grab it. I've seen those same bushes in some of the lakes in Mississippi

I fish some skinny water close to the house. Gonna find me some iron wood. Thanks CP your info is always top notch.

Yep I've seen them along the creeks a lot usually with a cottonmouth or two draped around the base of them:yikes. Now I know why you said in 10' FOW or less cause they usually aren't that big, kinda bushy which would be good but not that tall. I'd think with the hard bark a jig wouldn't stick in them as bad but I'll take yall's word for it. I may give some of them a try. I've been wanting to sink Sycamore also anybody had much luck with those??? I have sank the Persimmon bushes but not enough to know if they will hold crappie. Most on here can remember me saying I was sinking Privet Hedge this past Winter. So far I'm not totally sold on the hedge even though with all those bushy limbs you'd think it would offer good cover. I'm sure most would agree it's too bad cane doesn't last longer cause it seems to hold fish good too and even though the stalks will still hold fish it seems like after that 1st season it's not as good.

Love that iron wood. Our banks are lined with it in NEA