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keith

Coordinates please.

Nice

Hey LFL I will give you one really good hint. They will all be North of the Dam.

GREAT LOOKING CONDO----may i ask what type of tube that is??

Nice!

Simple, but effective. I like that design

1" irrigation poly pipe. You can get it rather inexpensive. once built I am using 60 grit sandpaper and roughing up the surface of the pipe so that algae grows quicker. I am also adding a mesh bag full of purina game fish chow to attract the baitfish before I drop them in. These should be loaded in less than a couple of weeks.

Never seen one of those before,nice concept!

What are the white things? Are they zip ties?

Great looking crappie condos.

yeah the white are zip ties, I used those to secure to bucket but I also used a coated exterior deck screw to keep them indexed so that I wouldn't be fighting them while or after pouring concrete. I elected to keep the zip tie ends seeing that baitfish may like congregating around those. I know they are simple but I believe they should be extremely effective!

Thats sweet!!

Looks good. Quick question, is the tubing spaced too far apart for crappie? I'm looking to build my own crappie nests in the next month and have been contemplating a few things.

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Crappie will hold to those condoes all day long.

i'm new to the condo building concept,how do u get the tubing to bend as it is?

Comes in rolls, you have to straighten it or leave as is.

a little different concept...

I've started stockpiling supplies and on Saturday will begin building my own crappie nests. Look for a thread to come out of it but here is what I have so far.





100 ft of 1 in irrigation pipe, 28 bucks at lowes



320 lbs of quikrete



Also have other buckets, boxes, and old x-mas tree stands that will hold cement. Like I said more pics coming in the thread I start on Saturday

looks like you have the stuff. make sure you get deck screws or some kind of coated screw that you can use to index the pipe so that you don't have to fight with it while pouring concrete. I sank 5 of these today at 4am on Lake Fork and man they worked like clock work. Make sure you also get 60 grit sandpaper and rough up the pipe after it in concrete. I bought chum bags and filled them with purina game fish chow but you could use cattle cubes as well. It will draw the minnows and then the big mamas come in after them.

I ended up making one of these at my house but didn't have room in the truck to bring it. Sanded it already and put some posts in the middle to attach bamboo to when I'm done. I had already used screws to hold everything in place and it looks great!




I picked up a bunch of bamboo and sunk these today as well.

Dumb question? Is it legal to sink crappie condos?

On the lakes at my ranch it is......

Good answer.