Sandman - sorry for all the questions. Do you fish for the crappie (white perch) and can you relate them to the cycle? The reason I ask is I think you may be seeing the common life cycle results that are often seen in lakes where the 2 exist in competition for limited forage. If so then removing LMB alone may not get you where you want to go.
Ask away! I am looking for input, so any questions are welcome. We usually use yo-yo's baited with shiners, and that is how we catch most of our crappie. We do not catch many, but the few we catch are usually very large (1 1/2 lb +). Maybe 10 or 15 years ago we had a lot, but there numbers have seemed to be low for some time now. This weekend for example, we fished yo-yo's as well as shiners on rod and reel. We took about 35 bass and one large crappie. That is pretty typical these days.
He has had it surveyed on a couple of occasions by one of the state fisheries people, but I don't have the results, and not sure when the last time was. However, it didn't reveal any surprises.
