Usually when crappie are introduced they get large in small ponds, after several years the average size tends to go down. I have seen several ponds consistantly produce crappie that size and the common trait amoung all of them was heavy harvest by the owner. I have also noticed another trend, crappie tend to get larger in bass heavy ponds. I think its because the bass are "harvesting" the crappie offspring keeping total numbers of crappie lower thus providing additional food to grow some slabs.
I was shocking yesterday and came across a new fallen tree. We got right on top of it and hit the power, caught 45 crappie over 12 inches. We gave some away and ate very well last night.
