How to Make a Fishing Honey Hole

Locating spots that hold fish consistently in a lake or reservoir – especially a large one – can be a challenge. That's why some fishermen create their own "fishing honey hole," a term used to describe a spot that contains a lot of fish. Where the practice is legal, anglers can take certain steps to create a honey hole that will attract more fish.

Things You'll Need

  • Christmas trees
  • Cinder blocks
  • Rope
  • Drill
  • Boat
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Instructions

    • 1

      Collect Christmas trees of a size and quantity that you can handle.

    • 2

      Drill a hole through each tree's trunk, about 5 inches above the base of the tree. The hole must be sufficiently large that a rope will fit through it.

    • 3

      Slide one end of a 3-foot rope through the hole in the tree. Tie a knot or two – the kind you use to tie knots in your shoelaces work fine – to connect the rope to the tree.

    • 4

      Slide a cinder block onto the base of the tree. Thread the rope through the hole in the cinder block, then tie a knot or two so the rope connects the cinder block and the tree.

    • 5

      Drop the tree into areas likely to hold fish. Such spots include along irregular features of drop-offs, such as points or inside turns, or at the ends of boat docks or piers. If you have three or four trees, drop them in close proximity to one another as they will be even more effective at drawing dish.

    • 6

      Note the spots where you have dropped trees.