Putting out brush.

[Ron G]

Anybody here do it,i put out brush 3 years ago,it was great caught alot of nice fish off it until the crappie fishermen found it,and wore it out,i have 50 christmas trees from last year all dried up and ready to go,but im going to find me a flatbottom boat this year to transfer them in,i mostle put my brush an flats next to deep water an humps and points,but its getting hard to find places that people dont know about,whats ya'lls thought on this.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Putting out brush.

Haven't done it yet. I still have last year's Christmas tree - what do you think, if I add this year's tree will two 10-ft trees make a brushpile? Or would ya cut 'em in half & sink four 5-foot trees? How do you anchor 'em?<br /><br />They say if you attach a 2-liter coke bottle to the top it'll keep the tree upright, gives the fish more choices of depths to hold at. <br /><br />Humps points & flats without other cover sounds about right. But people see you anchored out in the open they'll figure it out. What about right in the middle of a cove?<br /><br />Strictly speaking its illegal to dump brush, but lotsa guys do it. Most of the bridges now have brushpiles sunk under 'em. I read where it's easier and less illegal to tow fallen trees out from the bank & sink 'em. And there's a good bit of discussion on my local fishing forum about "crappie condos", made from various surplus building materials.

 

[Ron G]

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I use the whole trees,i dont attach coke bottles to them,I ancor mine with concrete blocks but i dont make piles i take an are and space the trees out 20 or 30 feet apart,seems like when you make a big pile there will only be one big fish on that pile but when have a single trees spread out a big fish will get on each tree,i have 2 coves im going to but brush in the mouths of.you do have to be sneak when putting out brush if someone sees you they'll be all over it,im going to try to putting some out in a very remote spot just for that 1 kicker fish.if you put out green christmas trees it'll take 6 or 7 mounths for them to hold fish,because of the acid in the trees.I would love to have a ponton boat for this.what i do is take coke bottles with weights on them putting them out were i wont the trees to go and spaced apart right ,then i get i get my markings and trilanguations were each brush is,then after dark or real early in the morning i go back find my bottles dump the tree and pull up the bottles.with the bottles out like that you can all the way around them and get a real good idea of were its at and the best ways of fishing it with different baits,

 

[CN Spots]

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A lot of folks around here sink pallets that have been tied together and weighted with cinder blocks. Never heard about such a thing being illegal, so if a tree falls in the lake do the possum cops show up and give it a ticket? <br /><br />spots

 

[TTU_Guy]

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Originally posted by jtexas:<br /> I read where it's easier and less illegal to tow fallen trees out from the bank & sink 'em.

"Less" illegal, I like that LOL

 

[TELMANMN]

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Check your local regs. In Minni. you can not do it. If you can then remember that wherever you sink the brush, it will create a situation of decompisition of the brush etc. and makes the bottom suck. It is called eutrophication.

 

[jtexas]

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spots, you'll never hear me complain about somebody creating fish habitat, but surely Mississippi got laws against littering, or dumping. <br /><br />That pallet idea sounds pretty good - here's a crappie condo fabricated by a guy on another board:<br />

<br /><br />And these are air hose bushes used by Texas Parks & Wildlife:<br />

 

[Ron G]

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I like the air hose bush never seen that before,looks easy to make too,there makeing some out of 4"corigated pipe too,<br /><br />The best atracted i ever seen was an white refrigerator with a cedar beside it,for some reason the 2-3lb fish would stack on it,you could go there ever time and catch at least 4 good keepers,when they droped the lake somebody did a good deed and removed it left the brush and put more brush there,but the fish are gone havent caught a fish in that are since they moved it and that was 4 years ago?

 

[CN Spots]

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Most of the lakes around here are pretty barren as you get away from the banks and fallen trees, especially impoundments like Sardis. We don't have too many rocks and most bottom structure is made of mud and goes away over time. Throwing garbage in the lake IS illegal but creating bottom structure isn't as long as it does not hinder navagation. The Corps even lay out Christmas trees around ramps for fisherman to place around the lakes. They've learned that the only people willing to drag hundreds of pounds of sticky brush out in 30 degree weather will most likey put it to good use as a fish attractant. Nearly all of the litter in our lakes comes from non-boaters/anglers miles away. Everything that gets thrown in a ditch will eventually wind up in the lake.<br /><br />-or Mexico<br /><br />spots

 

[kvwelch]

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I use hard wood trees such as small dogwoods,oaks and hickorys. I use the whole tree , about 6-7 feet tall. I place them in a 5 gallon bucket and pour in a bag of quick crete. They seem to last longer than the christmas trees. You can place 5-6 of these in a circle and create a large bed to fish over. just use your dept finder and circle the outside. Then you also can fish the middle too.

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Cant do it here. Not leagle. They will fine you if your caught. It suites me fine, who knows what kind of garbage people will put in the lakes. The DCNR does sink fish cribs in the lakes, and also does rock piles. <br /><br />Nothing wrong with creating your own private honey hole I suppose? <br /><br />Do you guys hunt over bait piles??

 

[kvwelch]

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Only deer here in SC.Alot of people get nabbed every year for baiting ducks and doves.

 

[imported_bjs]

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x mas trees are the best that i know of in ks you can get at xmas drop offs im not sure about lawsive heard that corps lakes have all kinds of stuff car bodys x mas trees etc state lakes i dont know.

 

[jtexas]

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y'all seen the "Bill Dance Porcupine Fish Habitat" in the new bass pro catalogue?<br /><br />

<br /><br /> check it out - BPS

 

[Gone]

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Being the tight-wad that I am, it looks like I could make one out of a Whiffle Ball and PVC pipe or hose pretty inexpensively. Good Idea!

 

[Queequeg]

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Up here, we use automobiles, trucks, snomobiles, shanties, and many other various vehicles and gear. All you have to do is get it on the ice too early or too late. Winters have been so easy lately, I don't go on the ice without a boat.<br /><br />-------------<br />"Fishin' ain't as good as it used to be, and it never was."