we sank a couple of wood crates saturday. they were about 4x4 made from 2x6 boards about 3-4' long screwed to the frame vertical spaced about a foot apart. kinda like this

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how long do you think it will take crappie to find them? we sank them in about 11 ft. water near some deeper water near main river channel which is 30-40 ft.