Originally Posted By: beastman
Relative's pond is 1.5 acre and had crappie when they bought the property. It is predator heavy and I have not seen a successful spawn in the last 5-6 years...Pond has LMB, large channel cats in good numbers.

Could be just luck and crappie haven't had success or the large predator ratio controls them....maybe a bit of both?

All experts say given the choice, do not stock them in small ponds/lakes.

I had thought about adding some hybrid crappie to my mix as I am very predator heavy but sourcing those look like a challenge from Ohio...


Beast - if you're trying source HBCP contact Rex Rains [Rainman] - he is my primary source and a great guy, besides. Feel free to ping me anytime for my experiences managing HBCP in my fisheries. Happy to help you any way I can...might be a good candidate for you.

TJ

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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