Condos standing at the 'ready.'
Well folks, the winter's not been totally unproductive. Myself and brother Tom have constructed crappie condos from the normal 5-gallon buckets, rocks and a little concrete, with 10-15 sticks of pvc-like stuff, and it's all bout to pay off.
I checked on a few last week and as you can see, these three are in good shape.
http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...ndoProfile.jpg
I 'plant' them three to a pod and put them in transitional waters. The lake is down 6-7 feet right now, so this should be pretty good at full pool.
The 'pvc' is more rubber than plastic. It is actually the outer shell or casing of discarded fiber-optic cable. I just slid the fiber-optic stuff out of the casing and cut to length. So it bends without breaking--great news for boaters if the lake gets any lower. When I put 'em in, the lake was a couple feet higher.
Nevertheless, they stand ready and I have every confidence that they will produce when called upon.
Y'all have a great Spring.
aj
Tell you what, C-Slick...
Come on down and go with me and I'll take you to 'em! How's that for an offer?
aj
In my opinion, these particular ones are too new.
They should ripen with algae growth soon and become decent producers.
But others? Ohhhhh yeah!
aj
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Originally Posted by
craigodem
ever catch any fish off of them?
You know, I've heard that too.
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Originally Posted by
sac-a-lait
man and they say pvc won't show up...
But, this stuff isn't 100% pvc. It's 1.5", semi-rigid rubber-type stuff. It's colored; some blue, black, orange and white.
The utility was replacing their fiber-optic lines with new ones and there was this huge pile of stuff in the right of way. My buddy, who lives near where he found it, called me immediately and told me about it.
After I had 'planted' them, I backed off and came across them with the o' 520and this is what I saw--surprisingly.
The condo tops are now in 12 feet of water...j j u u u s s t t right! :D
aj
Too bad you're so far away!!!
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Originally Posted by
Crappie Buster
Hey Arkie John....
I just found your brush on Google Earth. Looks like a pretty good place in that cut. Is that a river run that the cut runs off of?
Your brush is 690.47 miles the way the crow flys from my door step. Don't think I'll be making the trip over there...hahaha :)
...Yup, to the east is the South Fork of the Ouachita River that makes up the Southwest end of Lake Ouachita. The point just South of where the condos are is called Striper Point. As you might can tell, when the wind is coming from the Northeast, I think that will be the ticket when I position my boat in the inlet behind the point and cast over the condos and brush.
It should be good for lm also.
Thanks for taking a look. If you ever decide to come this way, gimme a shout and we'll see it together--up close.
aj
Transitional waters are...
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Originally Posted by
JigMaster
That's pretty neat stuff. Hey Arkie John, what do you mean these are in transitional water and also what kind of fonder do you use?
...waters that are between the deep water and the more shallow waters of (say) an inlet. What I call 'transitional waters' includes a long point or other structure that reaches from the shallow to the deep. The fish will use it as a highway, of sorts) when coming and going from shallow to deep and vise-versa.
I use a Lowrance LMS 520. They quit making it last year but because my first unit (The one that showed this image) got waterlogged, Lowarance replaced it with a new 520 just a couple of weeks ago.
What's neat about the image is that I photographed the screen just after I dropped three pvc-type condos in the water. You can still see the air bubbles coming to the top if you look close!
I plan on fishing this sometime next week. The water has been so high that I have found myself staying off the water. The good news is that by Wednesday of this coming week, the lake should be no more than 5 feet above normal. I can deal with that.
Hope this helps.
aj
Thanks for the info and GOOD LUCK!
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Originally Posted by
Arkie John
...waters that are between the deep water and the more shallow waters of (say) an inlet. What I call 'transitional waters' includes a long point or other structure that reaches from the shallow to the deep. The fish will use it as a highway, of sorts) when coming and going from shallow to deep and vise-versa.
I use a Lowrance LMS 520. They quit making it last year but because my first unit (The one that showed this image) got waterlogged, Lowarance replaced it with a new 520 just a couple of weeks ago.
What's neat about the image is that I photographed the screen just after I dropped three pvc-type condos in the water. You can still see the air bubbles coming to the top if you look close!
I plan on fishing this sometime next week. The water has been so high that I have found myself staying off the water. The good news is that by Wednesday of this coming week, the lake should be no more than 5 feet above normal. I can deal with that.
Hope this helps.
aj
that helped alot. Its kinda of what I was thinking. I am starting to fish new areas and lakes that I have never fished before. My home lakes were easy as I could go and hit spots that the old men showed me and it was like clock work catching good fish. thanks again and let me know how you do when you try your new sweet spots.
