Originally posted by mr willy:
Eastland, I dont quite understand the cool reception to crappie post myself... Why cant young crappie become a main food source for LMB?
mr willy,
I remember the first time I posted on Pond Boss (years ago!) I was asking about Tilapia. Talk about a cool reception! All I got was "Those are illegal", and not much other response. Cool wasn't the word. "Icy" was more like it.
Maybe the worm is turning on crappie!
I have fished several ponds and small lakes where there were healthy LMB, BG, RES, and crappie. The only time I have found overabundant, stunted crappie, there were also overabundant, stunted BG too. There were few or no bass in those ponds. I think it's all in the bass. I think you must release all of the biggest bass to predate the crappie up to 6-8". I think it would help to have some dense structure to breed fatheads, gambusia, and grass shrimp.
