Which marker?

[pescador]

Been using this type for 3 years now, work good for me.

11-26-2006, 08:23 PM #3 Darryl Morris's Avatar Darryl Morris Darryl Morris is offline
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Jerry Blake taught me to the same thing Crappiefarmer just explained. We use about 6-8" piece of swim noodle; push a 60p nail (small spike bought at Lowes for about .25) down one side of the noodle for a counter balance (stops the unrolling when sinker hits bottom); tie 30-40' of small cord to the center (trimming the groove we don't do because after a small amount of use and rewinding the center depresses into a dumbell shape anyway); with a 2oz. bottom sinker tied to the end. If you need one for rough water, use two nails on the same side and a 4oz. sinker.

[ezgoing]

Not everyone has an Ecomap Plus 93sv with live scope. 75% of fishermen that go past me don't even have a fishfinder on their boats, but if they see that orange marker they know instantly that there is a brush pile there when they would have just drove by and never had the slightest idea. I have SI and can find brush piles very easily, a lot of people can't and just rely on fishing where others are... im not going to make it any easier for them to find the spots I spent money and worked to find.

Several times I've watched people anchor up close to a brush pile, obviously saw someone catching fish but didn't know why, then when they left because they didn't catch anything I fished it 15' to the side of where they were (where the brush is) and pounded the fish.

I guess each region is different. Most of the boats I see on the lake I fish and at the marina when I keep my boat all have fish finders on them. You can find some very good fish finders without the high price tag in the smaller sized screens. That is what I bought for years.

I have sunk a lot of brush piles over the years but lately have been using the porcupine fish attractors as they are easier for me to construct and handle. I don't mind other people fishing "my" spots as I will just go to another location if the one I was going to fish is occupied. On another board I gave a list of coordinates of brush piles that I have to anybody who asked for a copy. I will continue to do so as it has not hurt my fishing one bit. I also don't mind other people fishing my brushed out slip if I'm not fishing it. Crappie move and those that are caught today will be replaced by other crappie tomorrow if the structure is good.

When I first started crappie fishing I was given a lot of help by other crappie fishermen. So I have always felt it was only right to pass that help along to those that need it. If telling somebody a good location to fish helps them get started then that is what I should do to pay back the help I received.

And SK's advice of fishing the smaller brush piles and structure is good as most will pass them by even when they know about them.

And I still like the large H shaped markers in bright orange as I can see them better.

[skeetbum]

I have used the h shaped ones, but among friends we call them boat attractors. One gent came off plane, got next to the boat, never said a word, marked his gps, and drove off. He almost got to taste a fire extinguisher the third time he did it. You just can’t fix some folks, but I can always find the bigger markers when I drift off of them.

[Kevin22]

Yes, very different by region. Around here it is a $600 fine and you have to remove them or pay the DNR to remove them if caught putting any brush in the water. Only cribs or brush are natural stuff or ones the DNR/boy scouts/non prof organizations put in and are public record... but most people don't know that and don't know to look for it (not readily available, you have to look for it). So when you find a piece of brush with fish, you guard that with your life unless you want to spend the day fishing flats for roaming schools and watching the guys sitting on the brush catch fish constantly. You go telling people where the brush is here and being a nice guy, and you will never be fishing that spot again as there will be a boat on it every day all day. Nice guys always lose it seems.

The other place I fish, in Minnesota, the DNR doesn't even put brush in the lakes or allow any non profits to do it. So structure is even more guarded there, that's usually where I have guys come off of plane and drive past real slow (side imaging me to mark what I am fishing) if they see us catch a fish. You almost have to play defense if you ever want to fish the same spot twice. I wouldnt even think of tossing even a black or brown marker out up there.. although I did see a guy use a duck decoy painted into a seagull once, that was good for a few laughs. Usually up there I stick a rod in a rod holder if I have a fish on until the boat passes. Been burned before... not worth catching the fish and losing the spot for a week.

[silverside]

The small Arkies are really slow to roll up by hand with the small spindle. And if the string tangles and doesn't unroll, they will sink. Ask me how I know......

I have lost 2 from sinking and have 2 left. I will not replace them.

[silverside]

Just ordered some new Taylor Made H markers. Lifetime warranty . Anybody used them?

[flintcreek]

Never heard of theTaylor Made H markers...show us a picture when you get them. I am hunting something between the Arkies and the big orange H for kayak fishing. I have lost several of the Arkies because the line hangs up instead of unrolling and they sink and the H are too big to carry in the kayak.

[silverside]

Here ya go Flintcreek…
Taylor Made Hot Spot Fishing Marker Buoy

[zig zag]

H shape (orange)

[Kevin22]

Never heard of theTaylor Made H markers...show us a picture when you get them. I am hunting something between the Arkies and the big orange H for kayak fishing. I have lost several of the Arkies because the line hangs up instead of unrolling and they sink and the H are too big to carry in the kayak.

The Lindy marker buoys are easier to store. They tend to unroll in strong wind/waves but you probably wont be in that with a kayak!!