Originally Posted by Tbar
Originally Posted by Pat Williamson
T. Do you get a lot of recruitment of BCP? If so how do you get them to spawn

Yes a lot of recruitment. I have lots of med and large fish but they struggle to meet relative weights.


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A female black crappie can produce 10,000 to 200,000 eggs, depending on her size and age.
Explanation

The number of eggs a black crappie produces depends on its size and condition.

A 6-inch crappie might produce 10,000 to 15,000 eggs, while a 16-inch crappie can produce over 250,000.
Black crappie can spawn multiple times during a breeding season, which typically lasts a few months.
The preferred spawning temperature for black crappie is 64°–70°F.
Black crappie prefer clearer, moving water than white crappie.
Males dig shallow nests on hard bottoms, usually in water 2 to 5 feet deep.
After releasing eggs, females return to deeper waters and males guard the nests.
Eggs hatch within 3 to 5 days.
After hatching, males continue to guard the fry for a few days until the young leave the nest.

Crappie are fertile breeders and will over-populate small bodies of water very quickly if the population is not controlled.


If only 10% of fry reach adulthood that is still A LOT of fish.



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I think our problem is the weather here warms up for a while then the temperature drops to far and the crappie after this happens a few times they give up…. And the large LMB eat the heck out of the crappie. Bottom line very few BCP. Added 25 13+” last year so we will see if any spawn this year