PVC Condos in the works

**IronheadIL** · 03-08-2011, 12:00 PM

Well starting this afternoon I'm going to be building some PVC condos to sink this weekend. This is my first attempt at doing them, but I've read a LOT from everyone on here and think I just might have it figured out.

I will post pics once I have them built and if you all would, feedback would be great! I will post my progress from building to fishing them. Thanks in advance for the feedback and help!

**CrappieTexan** · 03-08-2011, 11:31 PM

Here is a video I made on building different type of condos... hope this helps...

YouTube - ‪Building Crappie Structure‬&rlm;

**rockbass** · 03-09-2011, 09:41 AM

Great vid! I'm gonna keep my eye out for some wood strips like in the vid to make some stakebeds and some of the buckets like you did.

**IronheadIL** · 03-09-2011, 10:34 AM

Thanks for sharing that Vid...It was great and Once again I've learned more!!! I really liked the wooden stake condos. Here is a question about those...How often do you get snagged up on the wood? I know with PCV a snag isn't really going to happen. Thats why I went with the PVC insted of the wood. Which do you think would work best?

**Fisherman_Wantabe** · 03-09-2011, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by IronheadIL

Thanks for sharing that Vid...It was great and Once again I've learned more!!! I really liked the wooden stake condos. Here is a question about those...How often do you get snagged up on the wood? I know with PCV a snag isn't really going to happen. Thats why I went with the PVC insted of the wood. Which do you think would work best?

I think wood!

**CrappieTexan** · 03-09-2011, 09:35 PM

I almost never hang the sticks.... I hang the lip of the bucket... no problem... drop your weight a couple of time and hook is dislodged.... No problem.... The stick condos are very easy to build... I get several ready then mix the concrete, let em set 24 hrs and they are ready for the water... I put 12 to each location, almost all of of my locations are on drop offs... One row of 6 then another row behind the first row with 6 and call the crappie.... If you dont have Down/Scan they are very hard to locate with a regular graph.... Which is good for me....
Here is what they look like on Down/Scan...

Here is a few I made in my yard.....

**FAADAN** · 03-09-2011, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by CrappieTexan

Here is a video I made on building different type of condos... hope this helps...

YouTube - ‪Building Crappie Structure‬&rlm;

Where do you get all those sticks?

**CrappieTexan** · 03-09-2011, 10:51 PM

I get the sticks from a company that makes wood trim of all kinds. 95% is hardwood, the rest Pine. This is sticks that they throw away, they are 16 ft long and I cut em up in 4 ft lengths & make stick condos. About 30% of the sticks are too small so they are discarded & I use the rest. The best part is they are FREE and they load em for me with a forklift and the rest is history. I have made well over 300 stick condos and catch plenty of crappie off them. Here is a photo of one load I got.

**peepaw** · 03-10-2011, 08:37 AM

How do you get them placed in rows so accurately?

**IronheadIL** · 03-10-2011, 09:47 AM

ok...I've got three done now. Had to wait for the rain to let off a bit before I could do them. I will have pics to post by tomorrow. The three I did if place in a Tirangle should cover an area of about 8 feet. Now I know this isn't to much...but I'm still trying to get everthing just right. Starting with small scale than working up from there! The first three I've done are PVC, I think I will work on a wood batch next and compare the two.

Thanks to everyone for their input and help so far!!!

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