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I like the slab daddy jigs... lots of folks tie high quality jigs here in TX and I'm sure everywhere else. Go to the texas fishing forum crappie section and you'll find a lot of folks who tie there....

ever catch any fish off of them?

I'm wondering if on the boo condos do you fish right on top of them, down inside them, or to the sides? Looks like they would be bad to hang up in if you dropped a jig right down into the middle. ...

any updates on this "little" project?

These are some of my first ones. I put them right beside a bridge (not under it) on a dropoff in 12-20 feet of water. Pecan and cedar limbs, some oak. So they don't have to be covered with algea...

How long does it usually take for yall to start catching fish off your brushpiles? I set a few tonight, wondering when they might be "ripe?" I'm gonna go check in a week or so, but just wondering...

jmack,

I saw this thread some time back... wondering if you ever caught any crappie out of the ol' lost city?

Give us a report on how the fishing is on the new boo condos once you try em out

Not sure how this weekend cold front has affected things, but on Thursday I caught a few under docks in 8-12 ft. I'm wondering if those were just starting to move up a little or what. At that time...

I really like the sticks in a bucket. Where do you find hardwood slats like that?

crappietexan,

good idea putting them under a bridge. Only problem I see with that is that a lot of people are probably going to find them that way. Good thing is you get to fish in the shade! ...

Based on MANY of his posts, I think crappietexan is a BIG believer in putting out crappie structure. I'm with you brother!

1 other thought...

A lot of the cover placed in the lakes is done so by people who live on the lakes. It's real easy to just build stuff in your yard, put it in the boat and head out at night and...

man, that's fishy looking if ever gets some water on it

I understand where yall are coming from. I personally only put stuff out that is wood (ie, biodegradable). Seems like plastic is a little trashy, but you better believe I'd fish over someone else's...

I say give it a shot. It doesn't really sound like a great idea to me, but you never know... it sure won't hurt to try it.

Personally, i have no experience with them. I think most on this board will tell you that they will work, but be glad you got em for Christmas and that you didn't buy them yourself because for the...

I've personally contacted conrolling authorities (C of E and Brazos Authorities) for the waters I fish and for placing man mande brush piles neither had a problem with it.

AH, this sounds like a great project to be involved in and will be a great experience for your ag kids. Also, yall are going to make some GREAT fishin holes...

this bp is about 6-7 feet wide, made from pecan and oak. Dog not included

the first pic you posted from last year's bunch, are those just pine 2x4's? I like those you have this year with the hardwoods sticking straight up. They are similar to the ones I'm building,...

bug,

these aren't the cedar posts, but it's the same design. Posts hanging horizontally on 1 post mounted in the bucket vertically. Just drilled 1 1/4 inch holes into the limbs on this one and...

yes, will be glad to post a pic when I get time to build some more... I sunk a couple this morning on Lake Proctor... first time I'd been there, and spent the whole morning just cruising around...

By the way, I'm just starting this structure building venture and I'm amazed at how easy it is to pick up 5 gallon buckets and old shrubbery pots on the side of the road. Picked up 11 yesterday...

I figured if they make good fence posts they'll make good crappie structure. Most of them are about 4' long. I've built 2 condos so far... waiting for the crete to dry... these will be the first...

I got my hands on a couple hundred cedar posts, about 4 foot long and 1 1/2 to 2" in diameter. Will cedar posts (untreated, of course) last a while in the water or will they quickly rot?

OK... I feel better about the oil pump after reading these posts and the article at iboats. I'm going to stick with the pump and trust the alarm for any problems. All I was doing was going by what...

thanks for the input so far... I'd like to just take the thing off, but I just the boat (my first boat) and I don't know how to do it. Would it be real hard to do?

Just bought a used boat with a 60hp Johnson on it(1988 model). There's a separate reservoir for oil so mixing oil/gas is not necessary. However, the guy I got the boat from warned me that the oil...

Is it legal to sink these condos in lakes? Anyone ever been questioned by the water patrol? Anything I would need to know before I go out and start sinking more of these things. I've done some in...