Thread: Willow,pecan,ceder tree buckets

If you build with brush spread wide I would not care if they fell over .

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

Originally Posted by Crappiedayz

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

Originally Posted by NIMROD

If you build with brush spread wide I would not care if they fell over .

Originally Posted by DrNip

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.

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Originally Posted by Crappiedayz

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 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 .

Do not forget or count out PVC.