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anthropic
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by anthropic
anthropic
I have felled a pine tree into the pond that, unfortunately, didn't reach all the way into deep water. Normal pool depth only 18 inches at the end, too shallow for anything other than small fish.

My thought is to dredge or scoop the area around the tree to a depth of maybe six feet or so, allowing larger LMB to use it as cover & creating an instant hot fishing spot.

Q: How deep is sufficient for this purpose? Should I create a channel that reaches out to deeper water, or would simply dredging around the tree suffice to draw in larger LMB?

Any input would be appreciated!
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by Pat Williamson
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Frank I would imagine anything you can do to get the LMB close enough to ambush would work fine . If nuthin else it might give baby BG a chance to get a lil bigger til they got et.might have to add more branches to draw them out to deeper water to be ambushed. I catch most fish in shallow water 3’ or less
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by FishinRod
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The dredging plan sounds like a lot of work.

Any chance you can tie a barrel to one end (to serve as a float) and drag the big pine tree to an optimal place using your boat?

OTOH, I have caught plenty of bass in water shallower than 18".

Another option would be to place some smaller trees (that are easier to move) in the deeper water past this tree. You could make a nice range of cover from deeper water all of the way up to 18".
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