Doesnt take long at all to get fish coming to food. The key is to not fish there.

We cut the tails off of small bluegill and cut the larger bluegill into pieces.

1-1/4 pvc cubes 4'x4'x4' ziptied and snapclamped with aquanet from jacissel.com
The cages are fastened to the extended deckboards and also with a 2x4 going down into the water to lock them into place.