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Need some help on the 2 pics I have up load, I have but marks on what I would consider points for deep water condos? Any advice would be great. I have set some shallow water with success, but never deep water. I was also think about running a line structures back to the shallow point, like a wall of structure.
How deep is the lake? We aren't allowed to plant brush,wink wink, but if I did I would take in consideration of easy of fishing a spot. I would consider how much boat traffic, prevailing wind conditions and my type of fishing, when does the thermaclime set up and how deep, and time of the year that I would be fishing the spot. Your best bet would be to stagger them in different depths. This way you can catch them year round.
Get the fish finder your using and turn resolution up,and look for those small odd ball spots. Look for those spots where the depth goes from 15 feet deep and it jumps up to 12 feet that's where I would dump some brush. No matter what a map says there are always spots that differ from the surrounding spots.
In the second picture there is a spot way out in deep water where there is a bridge between the 20 foot marks, right between the 11 and 2 foot marks on the map. That is where I would load the spot for summer and winter fishing.
Thank you for your post, I’m 11 months young chasing crappie so I have a lot to learn... this actual a bayou that connects 2 lakes, the lakes themselfs are shallow lakes.. the bayou is the deepest. Both of the maps where shot and recorded on my Lowrance Ti and uploaded to cmap. The first pic is one of the dead end canals that we fished when the spawn was hitting on all cylinders and we caught well and the 2 pic is of Radom spot in the bayou off of an island in the main bayou.i am not really sure we have a thermaclime here in south Louisiana, but I am doing this so I can fish them all year round, unlike most people in the south that only fish them when they are just on the trees... once again I thank you for your time.
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Everything else being equal the closer the depth contour lines are together the steeper the incline. While it's more difficult to securely anchor attractors to it it has the 2 diagonally opposed steep banks relatively close together. If the holes are spring fed all so much the better... Carefully dropped buckets with rebar legs will stay firmly in place if the deeper legs are a couple of feet long and they are bent almost straight down and the shallow legs are bent at a 45 degree upward angle. It's usually surprisingly stable once on the slope, even if it slides down somewhat generally they will hold pretty good. Hard wood or fruit tree limb brush blocks are ideal on slopes with multiple points of contact...
An easy way to find if there is a thremocline in your lake is during the summer drive over the deeps parts of the lake and watch your depth finder. You should mark fish and watch how deep they are. If your finding fish down to 20 feet and no deeper than that's your thermocline barrier. Target every thing 20 feet and shallower. Plus your cooler water will be deep. If the habitat is placed deeper you will have structure, cooler water, plenty of oxygen, and less sun light. during winter the deeper water will be warmer than the shallows.
Those deep brush piles aren't effected by weather patterns as the very shallow piles are. Even during cold fronts you will always be able to pluck a few fish from deep water. I prefer to fish deep the majority of the time. Your tactics may have to change where your fishing multiple poles when the are shallow a deep brush pile is better fished with one or two poles and fished right over the pile vertical jigging. A slip bobber will work but with line that deep long cast aren't needed. Long cast and deep water makes it harder to set the hook. I set a slip bobber so it just rest on the water just above the pile and as the boat rocks it will do the jigging for me. The other I hold and work the jig. Any light color jig with be gray at that depth but red, blue or orange will be easily seen by the fish. Go with light wire hook, they are easier to straighten out when you get a snag. An old timer timer told me many many years ago that if you are not getting snagged your not where the big boys are.
If your already catching fish in shallow water now start out in the 10 foot range and drop a pile. Than progressively drop piles deeper to your honey spot. Use the method the previous post described to do so that your piles won't slide down the banks. This way when a cold front comes through and the fish drop deeper you'll have spots to fish.
Another trick that you can use when feeding a deep water brush pile is tie your brush to the anchoring weight leave a tag of line about a foot from the brush to the weight and about a third from the top of the brush tie a couple of gallon bottles to the trunk of the brush and this will keep the brush pile up right. So if you use 6 foot brush the tops will be 14 feet deep in 20 fow. I put the tall brush in the corners and leave the middle low.
Thanks for all the great info, real help in my new journey... Now i just need to find time to sink some Slab Condo's.
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