Building structure

actually, the algae growth is what starts the good cycle again. The
period of time from the foliage decaying to when the algae starting to
form is the "dead" cycle. Sorry, had a lapse last night. :-)

GaryH1961 wrote:

Just about anything makes structure on barren lakes. The thing to
remember is to locate it very close to another structure (point,ridge,
saddle, shelf close to a channel, on a long point that runs close to
channel, etc.) or on top of a large barren structure to help locate
them in a smaller area.

I think I have asked this before here - what do you consider structure,
and what do you consider cover?

Jerry Barton wrote:
Abandoned Xmas trees work extremely well here in Michigan.

Abandoned? who whould abandon a poor helpless xmas tree?

pat

Structure is an irregular feature such as a ridge, hump, dropoff, point,
seawall, riprap etc. Cover is an object or objects that the fish can relate
too & use for an ambush point or refuge, such as stumps, docks, laydowns,
rocks, etc. Ideally you have cover on structure, a recipe for great
fishing.

If you strategically plant some cover on your structure, you can create
productive fishing spots for many years to come.

Say you know a ledge that holds scattered fish. Find irregularities such as
points & turns in the ledge & sink a brushpile on those irregular features,
and the fish will use them as long as water temp, conditions & food is
present.

The piles I plant are made of fresh hardwoods & anchored with cinder blocks.

Warren


"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message
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GaryH1961 wrote:

Just about anything makes structure on barren lakes. The thing to
remember is to locate it very close to another structure (point,ridge,
saddle, shelf close to a channel, on a long point that runs close to
channel, etc.) or on top of a large barren structure to help locate
them in a smaller area.

I think I have asked this before here - what do you consider structure,
and what do you consider cover?

From my direct experience Xmas trees dont last more than a few years down
there, they catch lures like a magnet, and frankly they lack the sparseness
of a good hardwood brushpile that lets the bass actually get "inside" &
"under" it. After two seasons the Xmas trees I used to plant were falling
apart & virtually worthless as fish attractors.

Warren


"pat gustafson" wrote in message
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Jerry Barton wrote:
Abandoned Xmas trees work extremely well here in Michigan.

Abandoned? who whould abandon a poor helpless xmas tree?

pat

Friend of mine makes similar "fish attractors" and he weighs his down with
wornout brake rotors he gets free from a local shop.
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I would think in the case of the concrete cinder blocks a row of small piles
leading from deep water to a large shallow feeding areas such as a wide bar
with tulies, grass and other cover would be ideal. Preferably with piles
directly on break lines and perhaps splitting the distance on longer
shallower breaks to provide a new and unique path for bass to follow from
deep water to shallow water. I might even go so far as to place a pile of
such bricks just off the deepest break in the deep water as a place or them
to concentrate when holding at their deepest point.

My idea is rather than enhance a current path and contact point instead
create a newer and better path and contact point that would not be obvious
to other angler.

--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com