Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking Adding black crappie. Please help

Mr Hello, Crappie do pretty well in cold water, so a winter die off (absent low DO) isn't common. It is HIGHLY unlikely other pond predators will control a spawn that succeeds, as crappie spawn well before LMB or CC. Crappie spawns are boom/bust and conditions may not have been good yet for that big boom spawn that pops out a few million crappie fry. When a Crappie spawn has proper conditions to succeed, the crappie fry/fingerlings will likely decimate the LMB/CC fry/fingerlings that season.