Did I say Phantom? I meant...uh...Nasworthy. I get the two mixed up all the time. There are definitely no fish in phantom.

If I come too Phantom, I coming for the Hybrids

I have never targeted hybrids. Caught lots while catfishing. This May and June looked like they were very productive for those that did target them.

A little update. Went back out Wednesday. Only caught 19 crappie, but 5 were keepers including a 12.75 in one caught using a small bluegill. Caught 11 fish in about the first hour then died after that. So hopefully it means the bigger fish might be moving in soon.

This is a picture of some of the brush I sunk in August. Notice I didn't trim out the middle at all.


These two are the ones I sunk before fishing Wed. From now on, I plan on sinking 1 or two trees every time I go fishing in hopes that the next trip will always be better than the last. Notice I took Spiderman's advice and opened up the middle by cutting out limbs. Tied two together in the first image to make it more 3 dimensional.

What it looked like on soncar


Before and after of the second tree.



That's an 8 ft fence they're leaning against. So they were 9-11 ft tall. Surely taller is better to give the fish a bigger depth range to choose to hang around at?

Would you call these last two trees brush piles or timber? The first ones without any trimming were definitely brush piles. I just see some people say the fish preferred timber over brush, or vice versa, on some days.

I've done some hotel work here and there. I've tried several different types of cover, but Willow limbs have been the most productive cover by far. I use extra heavy duty zip ties to hold it all together and a ~40lb sand bag to weight it down. I like the sandbags because they soak up water and turns that 40lbs into an almost immovable weight. I also attach a small float to keep the cover standing upright.

IMHO: You built em you can call em whatever you want to. I think they are going to produce for you