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I was just wondering if anyone had every tried using Bradford pear limbs in buckets and sinking them? I have access to two trees that were blow over during a storm and then limbs have been piled up for a while, and all of the leaves are gone. They look like they would make some good crappie beds. Any thought?
Bradford pear or Flowering Bradford pear?
I trimmed the limbs from a Flowering Bradford pear tree so they wouldn't hit my camper. The spikes did a number on me, riped my leather gloves, a shirt and a pair of jeans plus the holes in my body. I drug one at a time to the road to be hauled off by the city. That was during the summer and they are still there.
Naw they aren't flowering. I wasn't for sure if they would work or not. I was just trying to see if anyone else had ever used any. They look like they would be good for it.
Any wood will work to attract fish. Some are better and some last longer. I've dropped some boxwood scrubs that did good.
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"Fruit Wood" has a high sugar content and does not last as long as Hardwood...BUT, since it has a High Sugar content it kicks off the Micro organism ecosystem faster and is a quicker food source for them...if possible remember where you put these, then add hardwood mixed in, for quick and long lasting results.
I put hardwood and fruit wood together and also bunched them separate....both worked just fine!
YES ! And dried wood lasts LONGER underwater assuming it`s not decayed...Mulberry is a very common invasive species of VERY hard wood we have often used and it works GREAT !
I have used bundles of branches, mostly oak, with good results. I bind them with fence wire and then use another wire to add concrete blocks. I also have a bunch of bradford branches in a neighbors yard that I will put out in a little while. As for buckets, I haven't been happy with what they come out like when I have tried the branches in a bucket of crete. It's hard to get enough in without it being very out of balance and falling over. If it's gonna fall over why bother with the bucket and crete, just use a concrete block. I have used saplings that I tied side by side and put in concrete that were about 10' tall and used a jug to keep it upright once sunk that did very well. Bundles of branches dropped from 20' up an incline to about 8' would produce very well. I fish a pile in 25fow that holds fish during the colder months. Always be good to have em on a GPS and come back them at different times of year to see when they do best.
About the only wood that personally would NOT recommend is walnut. It is actually TOXIC to fish and many aquatic plants and animals...
I like using Bodock trees limbs, sometimes called Osage, hedge apple. Excellent for Crappie beds..very HARD wood and will last a VERY long time sunk...I have talked with Crappie Fishermen here on Ky lake who have fished the same Bodock brush piles for 10 years.
difficult to handle due to the Thorns...but produce well.:fish
Thanks for all the tips. Since I made the post I have done a lot of research, and have decided against the brush buckets for now. We have found a wood supplier from a pallet factory, and are planning on doing stake buckets instead. I will keep in mind about the blocks for the brushpiles later on.
Actually, except in VERY fertile waters (southern swamps basically) osage orange (hedge apple) will last between 20+ to 30 yrs. In low fertility waters (freshly dug gravel pits) at 15-25 fow they can last 45+ years...