Need a bit of guidance with a project I am starting to work on.
The Goal is to improve the Crappie Fishing while keeping the Bass population thriving on our lake.

Some details:
- 200 Acre lake with Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Sunfish/Bluegill and Chain Pickerel.
- Deepest part of the lake is 32 Ft Deep and DNR says the only thing needed in the lake is to add Structure.
- Lake has very little natural structure left in it and not many drop-off points.
- 32 Blocks with Orange piping were sunk in 12 ft water last year and Bass have started to use them. No Crappie yet.
- Using mostly orange Piping free from Cable Company and has been approved by our State DNR to be safe and approved by the HOA as well. This piping lets crank-baits just bounce off of it and no snags

These are the structures we have begun to build:
- 1 Gallon pots with 1/2 inch Black plastic strips- ( think like a spider 3 ft round with 30 legs)
- 2 Gallon Landscape pots with cement and Orange Pipes- 3-4 Ft tall
- PVC Porcupine Structures 4 ft tall and 5 foot long (XXXXX)
- Cinder Blocks with Cement and Orange Pipes 4-6 ft tall
- 8 Feet Tall PVC Trees
- Pallet Triangles weighted with sand bags
- Pallet Stake Beds weighted with Sandbags

We have over 900 more pieces of this orange piping and over 76 Pallets to get creative with. The lake will be drawn down 5 feet in October as this is done every five years for maintenance.
Questions I need guidance with from all you great minds:

Where should each of these structures be sunk and how many of each should be in each group to attract Crappie?
How far away should we space each grouping?
What are we overlooking or missing?
Is it better to “Pepper” the 1/4 mile between my dock and my Friend’s dock across from me ,or spread this structure throughout the 200 acres in some organized way?
Do Crappie like one Big pile in deep water and we should just keep adding to it?
Do Crappie like tall structures (20 ft tall) in Deep water (32ft)?

Thank You