I forgot to answer some of your questions. We put out piles all year long. We put the piles in areas we know they like to spawn. We put them in 10 fow out from the spawn banks. This way we catch the smaller males on the bank and the big females staging in the deeper water and when it gets hot in the middle of the summer. We also put them in eddy areas of rivers and bayous on the inside of bends just like places to put a duck blind. The willow piles we refresh every year and we have cypress piles that are still producing that have to be 5 plus years old. Look at the branches in the photo. Notice the bottom of the y is at least 3ft long. When its pushed into the mud its anchored and isn't going anywhere. I put around 20 or more on laccassine bayou last summer. You can see where I cut the limbs but the piles are no where near where they were cut....lol. On a slow day I can catch one or 2 per pile and trust me it adds up. Just remember when you hear a boat coming move away from your pile. Don't mark the area just use a gps. I know I have a few I forgot about before I started marking them on gps.
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