Well folks, the winter's not been totally unproductive. Myself and brother Tom have constructed crappie condos from the normal 5-gallon buckets, rocks and a little concrete, with 10-15 sticks of pvc-like stuff, and it's all bout to pay off.

I checked on a few last week and as you can see, these three are in good shape.



I 'plant' them three to a pod and put them in transitional waters. The lake is down 6-7 feet right now, so this should be pretty good at full pool.

The 'pvc' is more rubber than plastic. It is actually the outer shell or casing of discarded fiber-optic cable. I just slid the fiber-optic stuff out of the casing and cut to length. So it bends without breaking--great news for boaters if the lake gets any lower. When I put 'em in, the lake was a couple feet higher.

Nevertheless, they stand ready and I have every confidence that they will produce when called upon.

Y'all have a great Spring.

aj

looks good to me~!

ever catch any fish off of them?

John you did not give the location of these condos.

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Bait your own hook.
Clean your own fish.
Tell your own lies.

Come on down and go with me and I'll take you to 'em! How's that for an offer?

aj

They should ripen with algae growth soon and become decent producers.

But others? Ohhhhh yeah!

aj

man and they say pvc won't show up...

But, this stuff isn't 100% pvc. It's 1.5", semi-rigid rubber-type stuff. It's colored; some blue, black, orange and white.

The utility was replacing their fiber-optic lines with new ones and there was this huge pile of stuff in the right of way. My buddy, who lives near where he found it, called me immediately and told me about it.

After I had 'planted' them, I backed off and came across them with the o' 520and this is what I saw--surprisingly.

The condo tops are now in 12 feet of water...j j u u u s s t t right!

aj

show up on a finder, I have several in different depths and depending on what depth finder you have they can show up looking like a bar chart with space between the bars or four or five rows of stacked fish one on top of the other. Don't have a side scan which would of course show them exactly how they look underwater.

If you want to try your electronics out on this spot, put in at Denby Point (Ouachita) and go North.

N34o 32.987' W093o 29878' . How's that for service?

Since I planted them, a group of ole' boys have come in and enhanced the spot with a trailer load of brush. It just makes it all the better.

Let me know how you do off the spot.

aj