Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months

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Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months #390162 10/20/14 01:02 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama T Tums OP
OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Put in on April 12th 2013 right at 3.5" (pic included). Caught a few 9.5" on March 15th 2014 (pic included). Caught a few 10.5+" on 10-18-14 that hit the scale right at 1#. (pic included) Attached Images Last edited by Tums; 10/20/14 01:03 PM.

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390166 10/20/14 01:48 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,140 Likes: 488 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH B Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,140 Likes: 488 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	Nice planning and management. You are doing things right so far. Do you have a link for us about your pond beginning, stocking plan, history? I will put the threads in the Archives about crappie. The real test of your success will be 5-8 yrs from now. Keep us updated as to your pond's progress. Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/20/14 01:50 PM. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390168 10/20/14 01:54 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,490 Likes: 265 Miss.	Your challenge will be managing their reproduction. Good luck. Lots here on crappie in ponds.

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390170 10/20/14 01:58 PM
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Zep Hall of Fame 2014 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,794 Likes: 71 Wills Point, Tx	Tums those are some nice looking crappie! Happy eating! Fishing has never been about the fish....

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Bill Cody #390179 10/20/14 04:47 PM
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OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Originally Posted By: Bill Cody Nice planning and management. You are doing things right so far. Do you have a link for us about your pond beginning, stocking plan, history? I will put the threads in the Archives about crappie. The real test of your success will be 5-8 yrs from now. Keep us updated as to your pond's progress. Bill, I know I have a job cut out for me in the future to control BC population for a 3 acre pond. I am currently looking for a good HSB supplier my area. Also note there is not a chance I could Stock this successfully without my high volume well. The biggest thing about my setup is if I fail I can just open the drain valve and refill with well water to start over a few weeks later. For less than $500 I am ready to start over with deciding what to play with next. Here is a breakdown on stocking. First Delivery (Prey and Play) Sept. 2012 10,000 Gambusia Minnows 500 Copper Nose Blue Gill (Currently weight in over 1#) 500 Northern Blue Gill (currently weight near 3/4 #) 500 Red Ear Sunfish (have not caught the first one since stocking) Second Deliver (Predators) Few weeks following first delivery 2,000 Channel Cats (later removed 200 for 1,800) Currently are feasting and weight in 3# to 4# Third Delivery (R U Crazy) April 2013 500 Black Crappie (currently weight in at 1#) Below are some links to previous thread talking about stocking , forage and pond information. !st year update with stocking info Deep Water Willow Structure Channal Cats for Predators Black Crappie Delivered BG Bedding and Well Output Forage / Silt Pond w Gams Cody Note: this thread was added as an update to Tums earlier post in the Crappie Thread in the Archive Q&A. Thanks Tums Last edited by Tums; 10/20/14 08:47 PM.

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390189 10/20/14 07:54 PM
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snrub S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas	Wow! That is some serious growth on your fish. Great job. Glad I'm not paying your feed bill. But it is worth it. John I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390196 10/20/14 08:48 PM
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OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Thanks Zep and Snrub

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390200 10/21/14 07:21 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,740 Likes: 293 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,740 Likes: 293 Somerset, PA	Nice report!! Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Black Crappie From 3.5" to 1# in 18 months Tums #390202 10/21/14 07:29 AM
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John Wann Hall of Fame Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,678 Likes: 2 Phelps county, Missouri	Looking good. If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans? . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.

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