A friend of mine in the Richmond VA area has a ten acre 20 year old pond on his farm. Lots of small 10-12 inch large mouths, 7-inch sunfish and 10-inch White Crappie. He caught one six-pound LMB, but the next biggest fish has been 3 pounds. Going over records the average LMB has been 10 to 12 inch range. The Crappie are averaging 10 inches with a few near 2 pounds. The sunfish are a mix of red ears and bluegills from 6 to 7 inches being the norm. Records have been kept for about a year and a half fishing two to three times a week.

The question is how many crappie need to be culled to start allowing the bass to grow. It is not hard to take 20 to 30 Crappie in one aferternoon covering only a fifth of the shoreline. Lots of people have voulteed to help so we were thinking all crappie must be kept as well as setting a slot limit for the LMB. What would you guys recommend?