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I'm planing to sink my first bamboo tomorrow. I have four buckets, each with five stalks of bamboo about 12 feet high. My question is should I place all of the buckets together. My initial thoughts are to place them in seperate locations. Any input will be appreciated.........Thanks in advance......
Chuck
Chuck
I would place them all together in a circle formation. I do the same thing with plastic trees. One thing I have noticed is the locations with several trees hold more fish than locations with a one or two trees. Hope this helps.
I use 8 - 10 stalks per bucket....
The one in the photo is 15' tall....
I also made some 10' - 12' for water 20' - 25' deep.....
With only 5 stalks per bucket I would sink at least 2 buckets per location...;)
They will be hard to locate with your graph......
But any structure is good.... crappie LOVE brush... end of story....
Good fishing..........:)
Can you also use shorter stuff for these also?
I can get plenty of smaller cane. Say 6 or 7 ft tall.
Pete
i put some out . i ancored the pontoon down in the back turned the trolling motor on to turn in a circkle . dropped them and marked it on gps . .
i cut mine in half . thw water is onley 20 t0 30 ft. deep .when the lake is lowered 4 to 5 ft. for dock repairs and powerdam repairs i don`t wan`t boats hitting the tops or showing them :D . you can cut the long ones into 3 pices if you wan1t to . depends on the depth . i think crappie suspend around 12 ft. below the serface .
Pete,
I have used 6-8 ft. river cane. I put around 10 stalks or so per bucket, Just don't crowd them in. I have also used the taller stalks and cut them in half. This lets me have some bushy tops and the bare stalks allow for more open area to make jiggin easier.
I put 3 in a triangle about 15 feet apart. Keep in mind some areas will produce a bunch of fish and some areas will not produce any fish. If you will continue to creat new habitat in different areas of the lake, you can always catch a mess of fish. I usually make the bamboo tops 10 feet tall. I've noticed on the depthfinder in the past most of the ones over 10 feet in 5 galon buckets fell over. They would still produce fish when the fish wanted to be on the bottom but verticle structure will hold fish most of the year.
Thanks. I guess now I need to start working on getting some built and ready to put out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie Stalker
Pete
Thanks everyone for your thoughts........I put these four buckets together in a square abour 20 feet apart in about 25 feet of water.......I've started making eight more...........
Chuck
Its addictive!!!!!
I like to put them in a V with the mouth facing the bank.
I take 4 buckets at a time two up front and 2 in the back. When I get to where I want them I just throw them out on each side of the boat this way they make a big rectangle shape in the water. Now I havent used Bamboo I use 5' pvc which is great for not losing any jigs. When I mark the spot with the GPS I'm always in the middle. Hope this helps
I have a 2072 so I just anchored over the spot and dropped one off each side in the back, same in the front then one off the nose. Caught several fish off of them this past weekend. Mine are from regular river cane but about the deepest water where we fish that we can put structure is 20 feet.
When I put out cane buckets , it's in groups of 3 to 5 to a spot. I perfer Persimmon Trees over cane. The best is stake beds as you can fish wiihout so many hang ups .:D I just started using stake beds . If they continue to produce ,that's all I plan on using from here on .;) :D I use scrap boards from the local Saw Mill which are free as I keep the owner in fish. The galvenized barn nails and coated deck screws are my biggest expense. I weight each corner with a rock tied on to sink them. I make them 4' square or larger and sink several to a spot. The stakes are only 2 to 3' tall and about 1' apart. The small stakes don't show up much on the depth finder. :cool: That's a good thing as we have lots of fishing pressure on Nimrod Lake.:(
It is so great, To have a site like this.. Ask a question, And you get so many great answers to each one.
All that I can say, Is I sure learn a lot here just reading and it's great to be a part of this bunch..
Pete
I like to place 5 - 10 in an area making for a large target to fish as for I spider rig. I prefer pvc when I can get it but use tomato stakes as well. Each of my buckets are about 3 - 4' in diameter. Hope this helps!!