Crappie Beds

[troutgnat]

Alright gentlemen I'm going to post pics of what I have done in the past. This first pic is of some pallet beds I have made. This is by far the cheapest and one of the most productive beds I have made. The advantages are:

CHEAP

Naural Wood seems to attract fish better than other materials

Superior for water especially in 6' or less(great for shallow water)

Disadvantages:

Heavy

Need additional weight to sink

2-man operation

may hang up jigs

Other notes: Old pallets are pretty easy to find. All I do is rip off about 2/3rds of the boards and then re-screw them upright into the main frame at various spots. That's it! Take cynder blocks and you can drop them down over the boards at the corners to sink it! Walla, your done!!!

[troutgnat]

Here are pics of the crappie balls some of you were referring to. Yes you can buy the ball portion at Bass Pro or some other retailers. All you have to do is glue in the pvc arms. I repeat please glue or screw this in to better anchor them, that comes from personal experience; otherwise they may be prone to pull out. As you can see you can make these as big or small as you wont too. These of mine are about 10' in circumference!!!

Advantage's:

Very light weight and need virtually little to no weight to sink.

Will not hang up jigs

In my opinion work better in a little deeper water

Can make them very big! or as small as you like

Disadvantage's:

Somewhat bulky

May need to put together on site

May be visible to others if not sunk deep enough

[Whodat]

Looks like antenna's