Hi Folks,
I'm planning some different ponds for when the wife and I get some land in the North Carolina mountains, and among those are going to be a spring-fed one set up for a sustained breeding Brook Trout population. The other is going to be single-species crappie. I know this is inadvisable, but I have studied it a lot, I think I can make it work, and am going to try it.
My question is whether having crawfish present in these ponds would be helpful or harmful to their main residents. I am not sure whether they will be a good food source for these fish, and whether they would harm either the young/spawning beds of the fish, or interrupt the food web for the other prey items.
Anybody with experience with crawfish as a forage for crappie or trout, I would really appreciate to hear from you!
