I don't know about your lakes but where I fish, green cedars or willows attract crappie within days and keep producing for several years. In my opinion, cedar is one of the best attractors and I have been guiding for crappie daily for many many years. I always put my brush out so that it lays flat on the bottom. The crappie don't get under the limbs. They sit on top of the brush. I don't like my brush to sit more than 3 feet off the bottom. I am usually fishing in water from 5 to 14 feet deep. I cleaned 7500 crappie in 07 and 7500 in 08. Those crappie seemed to like that set up.
Crappie Guide (since 1986)
Granger Lake, Texas
(512) 365-7761