Been awhile since I was on here, but I enjoy reading. The question I pose is very straight forward: Will introducing 2-3 flathead catfish have an positive effect in controlling crappie population in a 3 acre lake? I have a thriving bass and blue gill population along with some very large 6-8 lb bass at the top end. I have owned the 15 yr. old pond for 3 yrs. and at first, I caught some very nice 11-15 inch crappie in good numbers. Now, it seems that all I catch is 2-5 inch and an occasional 6-9. A friend just told me that flathead prefer to eat crappie and would be voracious in consuming the smaller ones. Does anyone care to offer an opinion?