These links provided by Ewest will take you to two good discussions regarding the use of crappie in ponds. The second one is our collective outstanding work on Crappie in ponds.NOTE: the acronymn for black crappie is BCP, not BC, BC = blue catfish.
Other acronyms for crappie: BNCP = black nose crappie, HCP & HBCP = hybrid crappie, WCP = white crappie.


https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=13886

https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=62470



Crappie pond info:
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=51193

Pictures of dandy sized HYBRID crappie from teehjaeh57 - Nebraska on Page 1 of 2 pages post
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=488070#Post488070

Commentary. The current practical application fishery science needs some brave sole with a smaller pond 0.5-1ac who is willing to try black crappie with HSB and or LMB as predators. This combination could teach every pond owner something. Pellet feeding of the predators on an as needed basis for the amount of predation pressure required on the BCP could be a successful management method.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/15/25 10:28 AM.
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