Thread: Setting brush piles Help?

Hardwood is the best but the Christmas trees are free and easy to get this time of year. I'd rather see them in the river than burned in a bond fire each year around here anyways. I don't have any trees on my property and the ones I got now came from a guy who is clear cutting scrub oaks on his place. So some of it will rest in a cove some where on Wylie for sure. Who ever helps will know a hot spot before it is found by Brett. LOL

Might not want to do this because of the labor, but what I have done is take the Christmas trees and using pruning shears thinned out the limbs to open them up and put the limbs in buckets by themselfs, drop them next to the trees.

If you build it, they will come.

I second the other responses about hardwoods and bamboo being the best brush. We sank about 40 Christmas trees a few years back and made several nice size piles in high traffic areas for fish (river ledges, creek mouths, points, ect.) I can't help but think the fish didn't pass through the areas, but I can tell you that I had very very very little success on those piles. I even did as cray suggested and thinned them out.

I sank a oak limb on one of the spots the following year and it started producing.

The Christmas trees also made a huge mess of my boat!! Much more than hardwood or boo!

The only firs that I've caught fish on were in Hartwell. I had limited success but I did find fish on some piles a hand full of times.

As far as depth goes I wouldn't place any in 15 ft or less water, mostly because you don't fish that shallow often, also if the lake got low it can cause a hazard. I've placed brush mostly in 25ish ft depths and even placed in 35-40 ft depths.

Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Hardwood is the best but the Christmas trees are free and easy to get this time of year. I'd rather see them in the river than burned in a bond fire each year around here anyways. I don't have any trees on my property and the ones I got now came from a guy who is clear cutting scrub oaks on his place. So some of it will rest in a cove some where on Wylie for sure. Who ever helps will know a hot spot before it is found by Brett. LOL

MY DRONES ARE EVERYWHERE!
Watching Oldfish getting skunked,
CK tossing in nets,
BigLog dropping in new battery cables
AND
FRESH BRUSH PILES BEING LOADED

HAHAHAHA

That's why I put a top on my toon so you can't see what I'm doing

This is how I did mine last year. Would be willing to help!!!!!