Thread: Finding brush piles on Lanier

They can virtually be anywhere, but scan the high percentage locations like drops and breaks on points, creek channel bends and delta areas where creeks dump into the main river channel. And the breaks into deeper water outside of spawning bays.

A good gps/fish finder is a great tool to have. The way i locate brush piles is when moving at idle speeds, seem them and mark them in gps. Sound advice given from mr s. Once you have several piles marked, check them out. Some piles will have more fish than others. End of points, and bends in the channel, drop-offs are all good places to start.

Lanier is my "home" lake. There are brush piles EVERYWHERE on Lanier. The most productive ones are under docks and deeper brush piles now summer is here. The Community Docks, multi-slip docks that are usually for a subdivision, always have crappie on them. They stay there year round. You will need side imaging to help narrow down the ones with fish under them. Some are really big docks with 20+ slips. It takes to long to check each one without it.

Originally Posted by Gabepeeps

Lanier is my "home" lake. There are brush piles EVERYWHERE on Lanier. The most productive ones are under docks and deeper brush piles now summer is here. The Community Docks, multi-slip docks that are usually for a subdivision, always have crappie on them. They stay there year round. You will need side imaging to help narrow down the ones with fish under them. Some are really big docks with 20+ slips. It takes to long to check each one without it.

Thanks for the tips, should I start at 25 feet of water?