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Goal for lake is to be able to catch 3 to 5 lb bass and crappie bigger than 10 inches. Bass are doing very well and so are the bluegill. Just want to stay ahead of the game with forage, do to all the bullheads disappearing. There are crappie in there but most are only 7 to 8 inches. With 1 to 5 larger in the 16 to 20 inch size caught per year. Only 2 families own the lake and most family members don't care or want to put a lot of money in fish for the lake. The bass are fat, need to weigh them and measure them. There have been some 7 to 8 lb fish caught but not measurered. I don't know if I need more bait fish but was looking for something that would be in open water for crappie. There is plenty of habitat in the lake cattails, arrowhead and rush plants. Also 40 acres of standing timber when flooded. This spring the bloom was maybe to good, 10 to 12 inchs of visability. The water stays green till late summer heat.