A few years ago I expanded the size of my pond a little. It's now a little over an acre. After it filled I had it stocked with LMB and BG and some fat heads per the fish suppliers recomendations. A year later I put in some channel and the next year against some peoples recomendations, I put in some black crappie. In my defense, I was told that black crappie would not take over a pond but that's exactly what I think has happened. It's actually a pretty good crappie pond now but the few bas I catch look a little stunted. To complicate matters further, the pond does not have a trickle tube and when we get a big rain, I have a pretty good river going around each end of my dam. I don't know if the crappie are the culprit behind my bass problem or if the floods washed out the bass and forage fish. I know I need to reinstall a trickle tube but haven't had a chance (time and money). I really don't want to restock bass before I know what the problem really is. Sorry to be so long winded but I could use the advise of you guys/gals.
