| How to create your own crappie honey hole | | | | spot that is not easily fished. Make sure you drop |
| Crappie frequent structure . If you prepare | | | | your brush when no fisherman are watching. If |
| correctly you can prepare your own crappie | | | | your honey hole gets a lot of fishing pressure the |
| "honey holes" .The key is to create crappie | | | | crappie may move out to other fishing locations. I |
| structure that only you have the location. You can | | | | always look for places that would not interest |
| sink brush, plastic and even home made pvc | | | | casual boaters. You are probably asking why? Well |
| brush piles. The very best brush to sink is "willow | | | | by using three different locations you create |
| tree" braches. They seem to create month long | | | | crappie honey holes for different parts of the |
| crappie honey hole swarms, I am not sure why, it | | | | fishing season. I you can find a spot where the |
| just my experience. Make sure you cut long | | | | bottom starts deep and gradually goes to |
| cuttings with at least 7 to 10 branches at least 3 | | | | shallows you can build your three locations inline. |
| foot long with lots of small little branches. Sink you | | | | Just mark each location with a GPS point, that |
| branch cuttings or any of the other artificial | | | | way you can come back again and again without |
| structure you plan to sink, with a cement block or | | | | wasting any precious fishing time. If you have |
| something heavy so it sinks directly below where | | | | young children this is an excellent way to get |
| you put it in the water. Also , the brush won't | | | | them interested in fishing. Kids are impatient, but if |
| shift if it is anchored down. I always use a | | | | you take them to a honey hole where the action |
| cement block with a short rope about 2ft long, | | | | is almost instant, you will nurture their interest in a |
| tied to the main cut branch. Crappie are just like | | | | wonderful sport. |
| bass they like to sit in cover structure and wait | | | | This technique will work no matter where you are |
| for their prey. | | | | located at. Crappie love brush and structure as |
| The best time to create your crappie honey hole | | | | their habitat no mater what part of the country |
| is in the fall and very early spring (right after ice | | | | you live in. Make sure you check with your local |
| out). | | | | laws to find out what is legal to sink for structure. |
| For best results create your crappie brush farms | | | | I love to crappie fish and I always fish my crappie |
| in three different depth locations. Mark your | | | | honey holes first. 95% of the time they produce. |
| locations to sink brush in the shallows, mid depth | | | | Also if you are taking people out fishing these are |
| locations, and deeper water. Make sure you find a | | | | great places to start. |