Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations growing extra large lmb with crappie as a forage

This is where I think Tracy and I share confusion. Tracy, correct me if I'm wrong.

Why not let the Crappie eat the FHM (or other minnow maybe GSH would be better), since the larger LMB won't, let the crappie control the LMB recruitment and then let the larger LMB (and people ) eat crappie? Leads to a LMB, Big crappie and minnow pond, assuming the crappie limit BG recruitment as well, maybe big BG? I think Pat W has a pond accidentally stocked this way right now.

Just a thought...I wonder if one reason LMB and crappie ponds fail is that the ratio of crappies to LMB initially stocked is off. Are crappies stocked at the same rate as if they are BG? Do you need to stock way less crappie to get balance?