Originally Posted by FishinRod
Originally Posted by Chadsnider
We don't really care about the bass...bluegill and crappie...

Your statement is a little ambiguous. People can only give you helpful advice if they know your exact goals. (Which can't be perfectly attained, but good management can get you close.)

Do you primarily want a bluegill and crappie pond? (If so, you still need a lot of bass to control two species that reproduce so prolifically.)

If you do want a BG/WCP pond, which is your priority:

1.) Trophy size
2.) Eating size
3.) Catchability



P.S. If your thread gets a lot of replies, people will switch to using acronyms. BG = bluegill, WCP = white crappie, LMB = largemouth bass

P.P.S. Some deep ponds out your way may also have smallmouth bass. Have you caught any SMB yet?

You dont need a lot of LMB to control your crappie population if you do it yourself, I am a little the same way, Id rather have the BC myself then the LMB, not as big a fan of WC tho. But I will keep the population in check myself in a couple acre pond, one of my favorite activities is catching slab Crappie and my second favorite is eating them. I dont wanna have to compete with some nasty tasting bass for my fillets. js

That is a beautiful BOW BTW!

Last edited by gehajake; 06/09/24 10:38 AM.

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