Wanted to know if anyone could share info on how to sink brush for crappie. I have 14 5ft xmas trees. Should I keep them separate and does it matter how they are anchored to the bottom ie. upright (if possible). Any ideas/tips would be appreciated.

I sank about 250 leftover Christmas trees when I was a kid. I was helping the guy who did the fishing report for our local news. I remember he had to get permission before doing so but we're talking a LOT of trees.

We drilled a hole in the trunk and used wire to fasten a cinder block to each one.

That was over 25 yrs ago. I believe I read somewhere that xmas trees aren't the best artificial reef material. The branches and trunk rot too fast. I've heard of people making structure out of pvc but I don't have any 1st hand knowledge if they work.

I sank about 250 leftover Christmas trees when I was a kid. I was helping the guy who did the fishing report for our local news. I remember he had to get permission before doing so but we're talking a LOT of trees.

We drilled a hole in the trunk and used wire to fasten a cinder block to each one.

That was over 25 yrs ago. I believe I read somewhere that xmas trees aren't the best artificial reef material. The branches and trunk rot too fast. I've heard of people making structure out of pvc but I don't have any 1st hand knowledge if they work.

Raul posted something on this a few months back, using PVC pipe. It looked real simple. In the picture it looked like a 5 gallon bucket filled with concrete and ctuck 4-5' PVC pipe in it while still wet. Enough to make it look like a porcupine.

But to answer your question, i have no experience with dunking trees.

Xmas trees do work well for crappie , not so much for bass cuz the branches are too close together but for what u wanna do no prob. U could also sink some freshly fallen hardwood too , alot of guys look for trees around a body of water and throw 'em on in. Im gonna be doin it soon but using cinderblocks rather then mix up a bunch of concrete, the xmas trees might rot down there after a while but its better then wasting the trees and just throwin them out. I found a local xmas tree stand thats basically abandoned and theres at least 30 trees there I would guess. Gonna go back with my truck as soon as it gets out of the shop and remove those poor unwanted trees.