I figure I am going to have some problems in my 5 acre pond before too long. My well-wishing neighbor put about 80 adult black crappie in my half acre pond. Some have been fished out, but a few made their way to my larger pond. Last year I caught a couple of 4-6 inch crappie, a 12 inch crappie (big sucker!) and even saw a few tiny fish that I think were crappie. I also have some good sized bass, lots of mid sized bass, and tons of sunfish, even though this pond was completely dry three short years ago. The pond was never formally stocked, just the great prarire fish migration. And big_pond, there are a couple of flatheads and a couple of blues that have been introduced as well. (I made my first pathetic attempt at journalism in this months Pond Boss, writing about this pond's history.) Short term everything is growing like crazy, but in a few years I am going to have serious issues, I'm sure. Shawn, I might be a candidate for some HSB. For now, I'm just going to monitor and see how things come out.
