Porcupine Fish Attractor

I fish Lake Ouachita 99% of my time. To be successful consistently it really helps to set structure, I've always used bamboo, but it needs to be replaced on a yearly basis and is quite a hassle.

The "Porcupine Fish Attractor" looks pretty cool, a little expensive, but in the long term not having to replace these brush piles every year they may be worth it. Has anyone used them? What are your opinions on them?

If i use 3 of them for 1 big structure which is my plan, I normally set 3 brush piles per spot... I'm looking somewhere in the 90-100 dollar range. Now I can make a lot of boo brush for that kind of money, but driving, cutting, dragging it to the lake.... Is not an easy feat.

Why do you have to replace you boo every year?? That stuff sticks around a LONG time. Are they maybe falling over??

I think you would be better off sticking with natural stuff. Are you not finding them on your graph?? I know they feel different after the leaves are not longer on them.

Don't guess I have to, most of its under 20 ft of water so I didn't realize they stick around that long, I don't have much as far as electronics goes, cheap unit... I fish near the mouth of river on the lake and after a big rain the current gets stout. Sometimes the boo will move a bit... I had one last year that was so big I had to drill holes through the boo to get it to sink, had a full 5 gallon bucket full of Crete on the bottom. Maybe I should make them smaller and less buoyant.

Cheap units are fine. You just have to learn to set the sensitivity and depth range. I have never had anything nice. I really liked the eagle 320 and 480 units. If you learn to work them you can find your boo. Learn to set it manually. Took me a while to learn this, but I did. My favorite unit was like 90 bucks on ebay. It also was an eagle...had a gps in it.

Its been a while...but I remember setting it up with depth towards the bottom of the screen....then use a 1/8 ounce jig and get my sensitivity to where I can just see the jig moving up and down. If you get your sensitivity to sensitive you'll get ALOT of trash in the screen...

Do not use the fish id...and do not use the auto settings. You'll have alot better luck. Spend some time in the electronics forum. Post some pics...they'll help you out. It will make your time on the water alot better. Your boo is there. You just have to get your graph setup.

take a folgers can and runa couple pieces of PVC thru it, fill the can with rocks or concrete. Or search the forum for coffee can condo... MUCH cheaper

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Originally Posted by LMBarnett

take a folgers can and runa couple pieces of PVC thru it, fill the can with rocks or concrete. Or search the forum for coffee can condo... MUCH cheaper

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Exactly and a whole lot cheaper than them factory jobs.

Not only the coffee can condos ... but, I've seen where people have taken old basketballs & bowling balls, and put PVC pipe thru/in them & made Porcupine Fish Attractor clones !! I've also seen where members take a 5gal plastic bucket & fill it with rocks/sand/crete & drop a bunch of them to make a "stump bed".

... cp :kewl

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

I've also seen where members take a 5gal plastic bucket & fill it with rocks/sand/crete & drop a bunch of them to make a "stump bed".

... cp :kewl

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Or just drop cinder blocks, same principle, and alot easier.

some type of wood seems to be most productive!

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Originally Posted by Crappie Greg

some type of wood seems to be most productive!

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That was my first thought... But they seem to love the poles under the docks.

When 'boo is placed shallow, and if the water level fluctuates enough to expose the 'boo back to the air, then it does degrade fairly quickly. However, if it's deep enough that it doesn't get exposed back to the air then it can last 5-10 years depending on the lake/location/depth.

Had no idea it last that long

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Originally Posted by AgriHawg

When 'boo is placed shallow, and if the water level fluctuates enough to expose the 'boo back to the air, then it does degrade fairly quickly. However, if it's deep enough that it doesn't get exposed back to the air then it can last 5-10 years depending on the lake/location/depth.

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AgriHawg is the resident "boo" expert. He is not only the "boo" president....he is also a client. He actually lives in a forest of boo. lol.

All joking aside, he knows this stuff better than most people know their spouses. If he says its so...its so.

Try it and see

Then I should be set after all the brush I tossed out last year

Like I said, It will disappear quickly if placed shallow and it gets exposed due to lake drawdowns. And like most everything else, there's times the fish like the 'boo and times they prefer another type of structure.

Shallow water I'd recommend following Nimrod's advice and place pallet beds or drive stake beds with good hardwoods.

Just my opinion, and it's not worth much. I don't catch near the crappie most of these guys catch.

I prefer hard woods.Attachment 148735

My boo is in 25 foot of water...

I tried to do something with pallets one time, it bobbed back up, I got mad.... Threw the whole apparatus in the woods and never looked back.


Crappie pro, are those pallet planks stuck in a cinder block?

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

I prefer hard woods.Attachment 148735

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LOL there's one of those porcupine fish attractors on the back of your trailer....

Easy way to do what I was talking about:

http://s188.photobucket.com/user/Tle...82604596572928

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...fee-can-condos

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...s-Wanted/page2

I will be doing some of these this weekend, and set them out on a pvt take in Scott along with a couple Christmas trees the guy wants sunk out by his dock.