IMO the main disadvantage to crappie compared to BG (assuming this is the topic), is I think at least two features /characteristics: 1. Crappie have a larger mouth and capable of eating larger food items compared to BG. 2. Crappie normally eat more fish compared to a BG. Thus crappie function as more of a direct competetor to small bass or other small piscivors compared to BG. Crappie foraging is flexable and they can survive eating small items (small as zooplankton, small insects) and/or larger items (small fish, larger insects). There are pros and cons to this feeding behavior and how it 'plays out' in the fishery. These features combined with the spawning features can lead to overpopulation or problems with species balance in ponds.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/21/11 04:54 PM.
