BillD. says: "Please provide a few stats on your ponds such as size, depth, vegetation, structure, forage, predators, etc. I think that info could be helpful in the future when comparing success stories to not so successful stories." This is a very good suggestion. Quality sized crappie are definitely not as easy to produce as most other panfish.
If you provide some crappie growing stories or photos please provide some info about the water body size, depth, predators, and the forage species or a link describing your pond's history/background. It would also be helpful to add some info about amount and type of cover or habitat. With this information we can start to see a pattern as to what types of water and conditions will consistently grow good sized crappie. There is definitely a good balance that will produce quality crappie populations in ponds. We just need to figure out what those pond characteristics are for a 'healthy' crappie fishery.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/12/15 10:05 AM.
