Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Crappie

Boy that IS a nice crappie for pond or ANY waters for that matter...this is one of my goals for my lake...

I have a 1/2 acre pond that seems to have mostly bream(that doesn't bother me at all)and I have heard you can get away with crappie and bream,no bass, in the same pond. Has anyone heard this or tried this?

Hope Dad gets started this fall. Not sure. The pond is an old farm pond that was only about 1/4 acre. I remember being about 8 (34 years ago) and finding what I think was a big eyed 2-3 inch crappie in a puddle behind the spillway.

The pond was enlarged about 8years ago by my uncle who has been a resident on the place all along. He says its 1 ½ acres….don’t know (asked Dad to walk it and give me the steps). My uncle put channels and copperheads in it but no bass until my father and he put 20 10-12 inchers in about 2 years ago.

To my knowledge it’s never been drained. The catfish don't bite anymore but it’s easy to catch the brim and bass. There where bass in it before the 20 where seeded 2 years ago. I say this because a 5 pounder was caught last summer and I don't think he was one of the 20 based on size. This pond is also full of shiners which leads me to believe there are few bass.

Anyway, Pops and I have talked about the plan and he's decided to drain the pond and salvage the fish for a massive fish fry and fill up everybody’s freezers in the family. He’s talking to a dirt guy who will use a long armed excavator to muck out the bottom and enlarge, contour, etc. Dad wants to enlarge again and that will depend on how much dirt his guy can move in a day. He had set a budget of $20,000 to build a new pond but hasn’t said how far he will go on this renovation.

I gave Dad a subscription to Pond Boss years ago and he understands points, trenches, and cover issues. Anyway, it’ll be great fun and I’ll post as many pics as possible.

Mental note to me, never go fishing at Gordon's place.

In your second paragraph you wrote, "My uncle put channels and copperheads...."



Russ

You got me Russ! It was copper nose bream.

I was talking to Dad tonight about how to get all the fish out when we drain the pond to do the enlargement. I came up with a hoop net with wings across the middle of the pond right in front of the deep end. The wings being slightly angled back to the shallows and hitting both banks.

Sounds like a winner to me as it will get a lot of the fish and make the deep end seining easier.

gw