Thread: Roy, where are you?

Originally Posted by MikeF

I just started crappie fishing a couple of years ago.

Could you elaborate a little on the brush overload comment.

My thought was "If some is good, more is better".

Thanks

I've seen it too many times, a little brush placed in the right spot is good so more brush in the same spot should even make it better!
Doesn't work that way from what I've seen for big fish. A single piece of brush in the right spot can hold several big fish, a really big or several brush piles close together seems to hold multiple small fish, kinda like a nursery. Most of the time big fish don't want to hang around with the smaller fish, not sure why unless the smaller fish draw more predators. Smaller fish can really hide in the thick brush, larger crappie tend to feed more in open water and need less cover to hide it they feel the need. I've seen too many big fish spots turn into "nurseries" by people adding too much brush to an already good spot. I'm looking to catch the bigger fish!