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