Homemade Crappie Structure

[CrappiePappy]

Good thinking. I believe that is the route I will go. Just curious does depth matter? To clarify I have two spots in mind one is well over 10ft deep and the other is 5 to 8ft.


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If either of those spots would expose your "condos", due to water level drops ... I'd opt for a deeper spot (or possibly shorter "limbs" in the buckets).
You also want to make sure that there's no chance of swimmers or boaters being in danger on account of those bucket condos.

Buddy of mine used to take 5gal buckets to a lake here in KY, and simply fill them with rocks & sink them ... making them basically "stumps". He caught Crappie from around them, too.

Also, if using PVC, you'll want to rough up the surface of the pipes, so that algae will attach to them.

Before you purchase any PVC, you might want to check with your local hardware stores that carry PVC or any construction or abatement companies to see if they have any they've thrown away .... (or check their dumpsters).

[TBass89]

If either of those spots would expose your "condos", due to water level drops ... I'd opt for a deeper spot (or possibly shorter "limbs" in the buckets).
You also want to make sure that there's no chance of swimmers or boaters being in danger on account of those bucket condos.

Buddy of mine used to take 5gal buckets to a lake here in KY, and simply fill them with rocks & sink them ... making them basically "stumps". He caught Crappie from around them, too.

Also, if using PVC, you'll want to rough up the surface of the pipes, so that algae will attach to them.

Before you purchase any PVC, you might want to check with your local hardware stores that carry PVC or any construction or abatement companies to see if they have any they've thrown away .... (or check their dumpsters).

Wow thanks for the feedback a lot of solid advice that’s helps greatly and as far as placement I should be good with avoiding swimmers/boaters due to desired placement being directly under the docks.




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[Ketchn]

go with bamboo and ketch now , freshen it next spring and do it all summer , drop a bit of fresh in the late summer and fall hammer , thank me later ....

[NCkenner]

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[TBass89]

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Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing helps with ideas. I will post pictures of my finished product as well


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[skeeter96]

Here is a pic of 5 gallon buckets with PVC we did 6 years ago.

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[TBass89]

Rough draft of what I’m making nothing in concrete yet.

Using crape Myrtle branch’s they are a very hard wood mixed with bamboo. Plan is to have it trimmed 3foot high.


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[TBass89]

Progress so far


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[Ketchn]

cut the bucket in half , trim off all the lil twigs , put boo in the middle for the buoyancy factor
just saying ....

[Ketchn]

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dem is NICE bro ....