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So being bored and seeing as everyone has killed the known brushpiles around here i decided to make my own little combo, a few questions tho.
1. How can i make it stand straight up, i have herd of the 2 liter bottle trick does this work?
2. Is placing them in a marina illegal? i live in tx an have checked with the lake but they didnt specify. Obviously dont block boat traffic but just curious
I’ve read about people tying a 20 oz soda bottle and makes me stand up. 2nd question don’t know.Quote:
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I think im gonna zip tie a milk jug or a 20oz soda bottle maybe two.
How deep you going to sink them?
Starting 14 going to 27-32ish, buckets stand about 8-12ft tall
have my toon on a dock in a lake without much structure and going to put something under it. still debating what and best way, so always looking for whatever works for someone.
I hear that. I wouldnt waste time with pvc from what i have read, natural trees seems to attract and hold the most from what i have read aswell. Since we have freshwater crabs here in the brazos river im going to try and make them some homes inside the concrete. Maybe have a cup set on its side for them to hide in
I wouldn’t count pvc out. Lakes I go to there’s days they’re on pvc and not wood and days they’re not. Best to have various types of structure out. Branches vertical, branches horizontal, wood stake beds, plastic stake beds, etc.
Goes to show you cant judge the fish before fishing, i personally would prefer pvc due to how easy it is to work with but everything i seem to read say just get some sticks an sink em, got into reading about zooplankton and the alge that grows. I hear that most ways to "chum" for a fish is either dog food, range cubes, corn ect,ect. But what about a bottle of alge fertilizer to boost the entire food chain from the bottom? I gotta try it to see if it brings in the baitfish, seems fairly cheap aswell. Might poke some holes and sink it on a string to get it down around brushpiles/pvc condos.
Yeah I don’t know, people I know as well as I don’t chum, bait or add anything other than the structure itself. No problems catching crappie. If anything if they’re not at one pile go to the next and the next until you find em. Last piles I sunk were with my buddy a couple weeks back. We sunk 4 permission tree branches in morning and on the way back to ramp 8 hours later had a crappie, bass and a couple misses off them. In the past I’ve sunk structure and caught fish the next day. From August to October last year I sunk 20 something branches, stake buckets and pvc and tore them up September-November off of them. I doubt algae had much time to form on them. Don’t over think it. Just drop a lot of structure in various places and see what works.
Thats fast! I personally have never chummed but the idea of being able to increase those record days is tempting yet highly unlikely, like you said dropped brush in morning by afternoon fish were already checkin inn haha
If you build with brush spread wide I would not care if they fell over .:twocents
Persimmon is my favorite wood but any hardwood does good . Remember to sink brush that is not so dense you can't get a hook in without hanging up too much . I remember a article where a biologist recommended 10'' or bigger spacing . That works great with Persimmon cause they have few small limbs .
As far as timing, some produce fish right away and some it maybe months later . Some spots seem to hold fish all year in some lakes where other spots are seasonal .
This is awesome advice. I was worried about them standing straight up but when you think about adding cover to a bare gravel bottom im betting all kinds will come to see the new hangout lol. Does anyone know about crappie and how they interact with other kinds of fish? I wonder if laying down brush vs standing would attract a different type of predator such as big catfish or big bass. I have caught crappie and bass out of the same tree so idk how many types of fish they run with so to speak
I make it a point to drop lay downs and vertical. Like I said ya never know what they’ll prefer day to day. To make lay down just strap weight to bottom and top of cut branch.
Haha im gonna have so much to do in the next few weeks
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I have stakeds and stumps I bait Catfish on and you still catch Crappie in same cover . We have areas of the river folks see lots of Gar surfacing and started calling them Gar holes . In fact they are huge schools and can really see just how many on side imaging sonar . Well I told folks the Gar are feeding on Crappie and baitfish the Crappie are eating . They look like I'm crazy saying the Gar would run out the Crappie . But you could fish through them and catch Crappie . But also catch lots of gar too .Quote:
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Do not forget or count out PVC.
Nimrod: me n my dad used to catch schooling black bass by finding gar, your right people look at you like why in the heck are you fishing for gar. Thats cool to know that crappie wont get run off completely by a big catfish or gar or black bass. Where im catching a few i have got a few big bass aswell.