I believe fresh cut cedar is better because the "green" seems to hang on longer, decay is slower in general. Dead cedar doesn't provide the density fish prefer to use.
I have read where some filter media types are good for spawning matts but my take on that is if other, more desirable structure is not present these make more sense.
About the forage base.. I put 3 pounds of Virile crawfish in when I stocked my FHM and that was last June. My flood a month ago produced literally 1000's of Crawfish shells from the molt. They were everywhere the high water mark was. Obviously they done well with few predators present fairly quickly.
Last edited by Snipe; 08/29/19 11:32 PM.
