Thread: Crappie Structure. Will this work?

I've got a private lake that I fish and I took some 10 foot treated 2 x 4's and just shoved them as far in the soupy bottom as I could. I did mine in a line like a fence row and also made a few squares. The fence row look out fishes the rest. I think if you add anything to a lake that supplies a little shade, it will draw fish. The less natural cover the better.

Used to fish up north in a little lake here in Mo called bean lake, the Missouri conversation raised crappie there, lake was loaded with 6=8" crappie, but out in the lake was one piece of 1" metal pipe sticking up in 4' fow, I could catch one 11" to 12" crappie off of it everytime I went out..... so what you have should work, just a timing thing I think........here you on the concrete setting up, for some reason it takes about 3 days for my buckets cement to set up real good, or coffee can weights I pour take about the same time, may be the plastic??

I bet agrihawg could chime in on the cement cure time...and maybe some shortcuts to get it to cure quicker. I would say it is the thickness and the lack of heat.

Originally Posted by olesilverside

The lake was loaded with 6=8" crappie, but out in the lake was one piece of 1" metal pipe sticking up in 4' fow, I could catch one 11" to 12" crappie off of it everytime I went out..... so what you have should work, just a timing thing I think........

Sounds like Horseshoe Lake in Augusta. The difference is most of the shoreline is COVERED with Cypress and laydowns. But in the summer, those areas are too shallow and don't hold many fish during the day. So the yo-yo fishermen took single stalks of bamboo and shoved them into the mud, which forms a "cane line" straight down the middle of the lake. When the lake is low you can usually pick up one fish off of every second or third one. Not sure why, they just want something to relate to, even if it is a tiny stick.

Mixing too wet or the weather being really cold can affect set up time. Foreign oils & such can really have an affect on set time. Clean your containers before you pour your concrete.

You know I ain't gonna clean those containers. They smell like garlic. The fish I catch off them are pre-seasoned.

A man of SO many ideas!! lol