alwaysfishking wrote:
I launched this morning to the site of 2 fisherman gently lowering
cinderblocks out into open water. They must have had about 30 of them on the
jon boat as it looked like it was gonna sink. I fished nearby watching as
the continued to drop these blocks down. I figured they were building some
structure to fish later on some time. When they left I motored over and
marked it on my GPS. I'll see how it does whn I go back out.

Question:

If given the oppurtunity how would you go about adding some structure to a
lake. This particular lake has a very featureless bottom, barely any stumps
or sticks, average depth is between 8-12 feet and it's loaded with weeds.

What materials would you use to construct it, how big would it be and in
what shape? Anything that promotes fish growth and doesn't hurt the lake is
permissable. Idea's? suggestions?


I used to build a lot of brush piles on lakes I fish. I like big trees -
cedar if possible, they last forever. I also liked green trees, easier
to sink. I would find a 20 foot tall cedar with big branches - I like
an open tree bass can get in rather than a tight tree like a Christmas
tree, and anchored it with cement blocks wired to it.

I put the trees on their sides on good structure like the ends or sides
of points, on ditch edges or on humps. I prefer only one brush pile per
s tructure, that concentrates the fish. Now I don't build brush piles
any more - there are already too many. You can ride most any point or
hump here and find several brushpiles - they are hard to fish because
fish may be in any of them. With one brush pile you fish it then go to
the next place.

I have caught fish out of brush piles within an hour after putting them
out - green trees. A couple of tournament guys I know put out fresh
piles just before a tournament - they want green trees to fish.

I usually built the brush piles in about 12 to 18 feet of water - never
had much luck in real deep piles, I think the bass hold in them but move
more shallow to feed.

Ronnie

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