I fish a lake that has standing timber and we have some of the best luck when fishing cedar trees. I never put out any crappie cover, but this was discussed a little in the structure section of the board, some thought cedars was bad and others like using cedars. Some of the reason they give for not liking cedars is that you hang up in it worst, and the algae don’t grow on it as soon as other forms of structure. In my opinion I like cedars, but as I said there will also be other that doesn’t. You may want to check the threads in the structure section there is starting to get some good information in there.
And by the way I would also like to welcome you to the board, you will find several good people here and is willing to help in any way they can.
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may your livewells stay full, and your rods stay bent.
Kevin