The subject of crappie has been brought up many different times. I still don't understand why they cause such a problem in the South but don't up here in the North.

At the Pond Boss convention, we were told how to handle the problem with crappie without their name even being brought up. It was in the discussion about using female LMB only. The problem with crappie is their erratic spawning and the fact that they spawn sooner than LMB. A pond of an acre or less can't hold many LMB. Manage the prey population using nonreproducing female LMB. When you see a crappie boom, stock enough female LMB to knock the crappie population down to where you want it. Overstock the LMB and make sure they are big enough to eat your small crappie. When you have the crappie population where you want it, you can reduce the LMB numbers.

Does this make sense to anyone?

Norm Kopecky