Thread: Put out some brush...

Had some tree clippings left over from trimmin' the yard. Decided to put em' in a lake close to my house that I also sunk 5 BIG crappie condos in earlier this summer. Ended up bein' a job tho. Hope it pays off. This lake has some HUGE crappie in it(caught a 3+ this spring), along w/ big bluegills and nice LM. All the crappie are nice black crappie but they are hard to catch in numbers. I am even thinking about restocking it soon at some point w/ more crappie and shellcracker now that they have some cover to keep from gettin eaten by bass. Its a deep lake, prob 50-60 ft by the dams and has nice points and boat docks. It makes 11 big brush piles I have sunk in it all together (6 tonight). I hope I can catch some fish off em'. Im hopin it will bring some of those nice fish to places where I can catch them. Used to be hard finding them when it was like a soup bowl. Hoping this fall they might move into this stuff. Most of it is in the mouths of coves and on points and the ends of boat docks. Anywhere from 6 ft to 20 ft deep. Havent put any deeper in the basin yet, thinkin' about doin that for winter and summer fishin. Anyways, here are some pics, gotta do something while its still slow and summer like.

Slabber

Build it and they will come......

i will come see you in a few year ,good job

My pond is about 5 years old and we have lots of nice size fish. I stocked with bream, catfish and large mouth bass. I have an aerator and 2 automatic fish feeders. We feed about a bag and a half per feeder per week. The fish have really grown. The neighbor boy-Shane came over one day and caught a nice size bass, no record setting. He was so proud of the catch he ran over and showed his dad. His dad does not eat fish. We catch and clean fish and give them to friends. We need to remove more fish from the pond but it hurts to have outsiders come in and walk away with a bunch of fish. A friend brought his grand son out and this young man had a ball catching fish. It came time to eat and he hardly washed his hand and ate very little so he could get out there and fish.

Originally Posted by deaner

My pond is about 5 years old and we have lots of nice size fish. I stocked with bream, catfish and large mouth bass. I have an aerator and 2 automatic fish feeders. We feed about a bag and a half per feeder per week. The fish have really grown. The neighbor boy-Shane came over one day and caught a nice size bass, no record setting. He was so proud of the catch he ran over and showed his dad. His dad does not eat fish. We catch and clean fish and give them to friends. We need to remove more fish from the pond but it hurts to have outsiders come in and walk away with a bunch of fish. A friend brought his grand son out and this young man had a ball catching fish. It came time to eat and he hardly washed his hand and ate very little so he could get out there and fish.

that's a great, what you have done for a beginner fisherman. that young man might be hook on fishing now.