As a avid crappie fishermen that has placed hundreds if not thousands of pieces of brush out in my life time I will say this; Yes, it is true that brush placed in open, public water is fair game to all that can find it, but some ethics are in place here. We place brush out in different ways, some are easily marked and findable by the most greenest of crappie anglers. Others, slightly more difficult, and others are pretty much unfindable unless I showed you exactly where they're placed at. With that said, If I was to take and show you where my brush is located, I would expect you to honor me but not fishing it when you know that I'm on the lake. When I'm not fishing, you are welcome to enjoy the fruits of my labors. If a tournament, or fishing event was coming up, and it was known that I was going to fish it, it would be appreciated if the brush wasn't fished at all a week prior to the event. Tommy and I both fish really fast when fishing brush, most times we will fish 10 to the average Joe's one. We have learned over time, to prevent hard feelings with others, we decided to put more brush out than is capable of being fished in a day. (Nobody can fish them all) This way, we always have alternate places to go in the event others are fishing on or near piles we have out. Who's to say that some one else hasn't dropped some brush right on top of where we had already had brush established.