how many Crappie does structure hold?

I have a single slip boat house that I have put down 6 Honey Hole Trees as seen in picture below. Each one provides a ton of cover 5' high and 6-8' diameter. I have some of them overlapped a little, but also some little holes inside.

I'm wondering how many fish I'm holding down there. I have only had them down a month now and the Crappie spawn hasn't started, but I seem to catch 4-7 keepers every trip and that's it. I catch 90% of those first or last 45 minutes of daylight. I can come back consecutive days and still catch about that many, but haven't had any 7+ days.

Do you think likely there are more down there, but that's as many as I can catch in the 45 minutes they are biting or is my structure only holding about 4-7 and it takes 24 hours for others to move in. Are they territorial?

FYI, these are in 13' of water. So top of structure is about 8' down.

Thank you.

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I am going to say those thing could possbly hold as many as you want to clean, I have spot I fish with 1 or 2 old trees sticking up and can count on them for 2 to 5 fish each time I hit them. Let us know how they work for you!!!

I would think 6 of those rigs could hold a pile of fish.

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Originally Posted by soswine

I would think 6 of those rigs could hold a pile of fish.

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I would hope so, but they are compacted into a 1 slip area. directions recommended overlapping multiple ones. I was trying to keep all the structure inside the slip to keep boats from ganging up on my perimeter, but maybe I need to spread out the structure.

I guess in a few weeks when they are hot I'll know for sure how many I can pull out of 1 slip in a day.

They aren’t biting that great yet, I’m doing better than anyone else. Maybe 1 in 10 bank fisherman will get a single keeper over the same time and neighboring boat houses over older natural structure average about 2-3 keepers in same time.

On my stick condos the most was 63..... lots of dinks... but they hold em very good....

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Originally Posted by CrappieTexan

On my stick condos the most was 63..... lots of dinks... but they hold em very good....

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great news, they must not be biting hot yet. thanks.

Depends on the lake and area. Could also be if you fish it too often they are keeping thinned out as fast as they arrive. I have over 200 condos (trees , stakebeds, bamboo , pvc) out on a lake I fish. Seldom catch a limit on one spot , usually 1 to 5 (good fish) is a good spot. Always catch lots of small fish, but when we find small fish first it tells us the big ones are'nt there. If we find a condo that produces big fish, if we over fish it the size and numbers falls. Example we caught 15 first day, then 8 , then 3 , then days after that an occasional fish. You can deplete a spot if you fish it to often. Atleast it works that way here.

Back a few years ago I found a tree (leaved out maple) one afternoon that was just sticking above the surface in 12 fow. Caught about 10 keepers before moving down to another tree ~100 yards away. Well the next morning I was on it early but never got a bite. Came back in the afternoon and picked it apart with 2 of us catching 27 keepers and about that many dinks. Trolled down to the other tree and picked up a couple then returned to the maple only to catch 14 more good ones. Next morning was ssame as the first with the exception of one dink. That afternoon we caught 23 keepers with a few more dinks.

What i surmised is that they pulled into that tree in the afternoon for shade. lots of the fish were caught right in the middle.

In short, should hold a bunch when they want to be there:D

I have 3 bamboo condo's close together and last fall on one trip I caught over 40 with just over 20 keepers. They have held some this spring, but not like they did in the fall.

Those look awesome. Are they working out good for you? What did you use to make them?

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Originally Posted by Rob Lay

I have a single slip boat house that I have put down 6 Honey Hole Trees as seen in picture below. Each one provides a ton of cover 5' high and 6-8' diameter. I have some of them overlapped a little, but also some little holes inside.

I'm wondering how many fish I'm holding down there. I have only had them down a month now and the Crappie spawn hasn't started, but I seem to catch 4-7 keepers every trip and that's it. I catch 90% of those first or last 45 minutes of daylight. I can come back consecutive days and still catch about that many, but haven't had any 7+ days.

Do you think likely there are more down there, but that's as many as I can catch in the 45 minutes they are biting or is my structure only holding about 4-7 and it takes 24 hours for others to move in. Are they territorial?

FYI, these are in 13' of water. So top of structure is about 8' down.

Thank you.

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