You should look at the crappie archive for ideas. Look for the post near the end about a plan being used by SEP for big crappie and HSB using those plus T.shad , gshiners and FH. You might be able to use that plan plus a few cats and some esox. I don't think you will have good long term success with just what you mentioned. WE , SMB and YP might also be options.


http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92447#Post92447


Back to the article on Crappie. With research from reservoirs on HSB feeding they found what we know that the HSB ate a lot of TShad. They also found that HSB eat a lot of young crappie. With that info they decided to try that application on some test ponds. They started with a clean pond and added TShad , GShiners and FH in the fall. The next spring they stocked BC fingerlings followed by HSB in the fall. Over the next 4 years they saw fast growth among the crappie with little crappie recruitment. No sign of the usual problems with crappie in ponds. They then created more ponds like the first and report that electrofishing results are very promising - slab crappie with no overpopulation and - yes the HSB are doing well. A pic of one of the HSB appears to be about 8 lbs. A pic of one of the crappie looks to be about 1.5 to 2 lbs.



Last edited by ewest; 06/16/12 09:46 PM.