An alternative to crappie are coppernose bluegill. They grow well in your neck of the woods. When someone tells a biologist they want crappie in a lake, what they are really saying is this,"I want a fish we can eat." Coppernose bluegill are an excellent choice. They have tasty, flaky flesh, and fit well into the ecology of a smaller lake or pond, when managed with bass. And, coppernose regularly grow larger than a pound.

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He can teach to catch fish...