Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Crappie vs fatheads

I have experience with Crappie in 2 ponds. I threw 3 crappie into a 1/3 acre pond 4 years ago and last spring after not fishing that pond for a while caught 80 8-9" crappie in about 5 hours over 2 days. A few weeks ago I caught 30 approximately the same size. This pond had some decent bass in it and I am finding mostly small bass in there now. We love catching and eating crappie, so this has been somewhat fun as long as we can keep the fishing pressure up on the crappie when they are biting.

The other pond is a 3 acre pond belonging to my neighbor that I lease and have been fishing for 3 years. He seems to have acheived balance. He has 10-13 lb LMB and lots of 3-5 pounders in it but also has a large crappie population where many of them are 15-16 inches in size. He also has giant bluegill in that pond. I imagine that all of the fry from the bluegill, bass and crappie are probably feeding all those large fish.