Thread: Crappie/Bass brush pile placement advice needed

You haven't came across wrong I went to sleep lol. I understand it is easy to come off wrong on tex, email, forums, etc. I have got addictive at doing this I put every thing out u can think of. Intimidater has gave lots of ideas reading his threads also.

It's really sad that you have to do things this way, but if given a chance, people would destroy a fishery just to "Get There's"! Like you said, given a chance people will sit on known cover 24/7/365 and destroy it or turn the area into a dead zone!

There's several posts on why we had to rebuild our almost 2500 acre lake...but for 10+ years, we have put laydown cover (shrubs, trees, cedar, wood pallets) in the shallows (undetectable) for the micro-organisms, baitfish, minnows, craws, etc....then we went just alittle deeper for Perch laydown cover!
We built cover for Bass, Catfish, Walleye fingerlings, and Crappie.
Then we used ALL plastics for long lasting cover, and hid it in drop-offs, creek channels, among Rip-rap, rocks stumps, etc.
Then in areas that were not fished or terribly hard to fish, we added lumber, big concrete, and built entire reefs....just for the fish to spawn and grow!
We have re-built an entire fishery.....AND, the sad part is, the only people that realize the accomplishment, are the ones that did it! All of the other fishermen are UPSET, because they can't find the cover and no one will tell them where it is! They can't realize that the cover is for the fish and the lake, and not them! A healthy fishery BENEFITS EVERYONE!

Do the crates sunk good

Originally Posted by Andrews

Do the crates sunk good

They would be GREAT for you!
In the bottom crate put your weight, such as 10 hole bricks, concrete blocks, or rocks, etc....they stand straight up!....in the other crates, you can leave them empty to hide them from electronics (they look like a rock ). If you don't have to worry about electronics, you can add cut up limbs, wood, etc. and put in the other crates like I did!
This way you will continue the theme of a small ecosystem per each crate set. THINK OF THEM AS A BIG STUMP!
The fish can move around the crate for shade and ambush, or lay up against it...plus, all the little critters and baitfish will come to the decaying wood and feast, and craws will occupy the 10 hole bricks and bottom level! I normally put 10 in an area.
I use 250lb tie straps to put them together...and they will last many life-times!

We have 400+ of these in our lake...I had a buddy that collected crates for years (Crate Hoarder ) and had an entire small pole barn full of them....I hauled them all to my house, built, and sank every one....this is probably the easiest and best cover that you can make AND FISH! I still have people giving me free crates, that I build and sink!

Need to see if I can get my hands on about 30 crates and make me some of these. Very good info INTIMIDATOR. Thanks

Try some bucket or pallet stake beds they work great in lakes with mud bottoms . Do a search cause we have built lots of them and made many posts . Fish love them and we use mostly free or inexpensive materails . Building supply places usually sell busted bags of concrete cheap . small saw mills give away or sell scraps cheap (works good to share fish or take them fishing ) , rocks can be gathered for free , and many places are glad for you to haul away old pallets.

I have access to lots of pallets at my work and also a huge pile of busted up slab in chunks anywhere from 5lbs to 50lbs. I will have to search for the pallet stake beds and see what you are talking about.

I have been putting a lot of still pipe in my rubbel piles. Everything fro 6" to 12", not long pieces 6" to 3' long. I like the steel because it rust and easy for stuff to grow on.