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Culling Crappie...... #521604 05/25/20 06:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas T Tbar OP
OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	A friend and I had a great weekend fishing. We pulled in 78 fishing off my dock. I think we are approaching 80#'s of BC removed this year.
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Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521605 05/25/20 06:11 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,092 Likes: 225 Oakwood,Texas P Pat Williamson
Pat Williamson P Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,092 Likes: 225 Oakwood,Texas	Dang T That’s what I want but can’t seem to get them to survive.... bass have eaten most all of them! Good job!

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521608 05/25/20 08:24 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,218 Likes: 348 Texas J jpsdad
jpsdad J Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,218 Likes: 348 Texas	Great mess of fish Tbar. Enjoy! It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so - Will Rogers

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521618 05/26/20 06:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 3,668 Likes: 60 Harrison Co. Texas T TGW1
TGW1 T Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 3,668 Likes: 60 Harrison Co. Texas	Now, How fun was that? Nice Tbar. Do not judge me by the politicians in my City, State or Federal Government. Tracy

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521622 05/26/20 07:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,414 Likes: 379 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,414 Likes: 379 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Pretty neat It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521637 05/26/20 09:14 AM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	Originally Posted by Tbar Fishing my little pond this weekend everything was biting. A friend and I pulled in 78 crappie fishing off my dock. I think we are approaching 80#'s of BC removed this year. I got to play with my drone today. You can see the dock in the upper right.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521653 05/26/20 12:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,192 Likes: 49 East Texas highflyer
highflyer Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,192 Likes: 49 East Texas	Please tell me you filleted them and made fish nuggets for the entire county! Nicely done! And you got a drone! Christmas in May! Now if we could just get you to put in a syphon pipe to pull the bottom water out... Last edited by highflyer; 05/26/20 12:56 PM. Brian The one thing is the one thing A dry fly catches no fish Try not to be THAT 10%

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521702 05/27/20 07:01 AM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	I sent the fish home with my friend and he invited his family and friends over for a fish fry. Yes I have been thinking about that siphon tube Brian. I looked at some of the video I took and got one of my friend catching a fish. I thought that was cool. He is using a buzz bait.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521828 05/28/20 06:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8 WI D drtrimmers
drtrimmers D Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8 WI	Anyone ever say your pond looks like a dog. Ear and head in the upper left. Legs on lower left and lower right. Strip of grass a collar. Nice catch.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #521830 05/28/20 06:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,471 Likes: 108 Parsons KS R RStringer
RStringer R Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,471 Likes: 108 Parsons KS	You have a beautiful place. I remember seeing the pictures of your spillway you built and gate. A place to be pround of and it shows. I can see the dog also. The people who say I can't do it can just sit the @^#% down and watch me. Friends call me Rusto I also subscribe to pond boss mag. http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=504716#Post504716

Re: Culling Crappie...... drtrimmers #521889 05/29/20 07:51 PM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	Originally Posted by drtrimmers Anyone ever say your pond looks like a dog. Ear and head in the upper left. Legs on lower left and lower right. Strip of grass a collar. Nice catch. Grandkids think it looks like a cow.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #574635 05/26/25 09:03 AM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	A couple of friends of my sons took home 49 BC last week. Yesterday I pulled out 22. Im now at approximately 35 pounds toward the recommended 100-150 pound annual cull. Still have a long way to go.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #574641 05/26/25 11:52 AM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,092 Likes: 225 Oakwood,Texas P Pat Williamson
Pat Williamson P Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,092 Likes: 225 Oakwood,Texas	T are you culling any LMB or are the numbers of them good in relation to the BCP

Re: Culling Crappie...... Pat Williamson #574659 05/27/25 09:09 AM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	Originally Posted by Pat Williamson T are you culling any LMB or are the numbers of them good in relation to the BCP Pat, not near as many as I should be. Hopefully the cranes and cormorants can help.

Re: Culling Crappie...... Tbar #574660 05/27/25 09:46 AM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 511 Likes: 137 Kansas C catscratch
catscratch C Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 511 Likes: 137 Kansas	I see the baby elephant from Hatari! That's a nice pile of crappie! What's the average length? Have you always had them this size, or did you start with smaller fish and through management gotten better fish? 19 acre watershed pond LMB, BC/WC, Bluegill, Crawfish, GShiners

Re: Culling Crappie...... catscratch #574663 05/27/25 11:15 AM
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OP Tbar T Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,045 Likes: 71 Texas	Originally Posted by catscratch I see the baby elephant from Hatari! That's a nice pile of crappie! What's the average length? Have you always had them this size, or did you start with smaller fish and through management gotten better fish? I inherited the BC when I bought the place 11 years ago. This year sizes are evenly distributed large, medium, small. Year before last the numbers were heavily weighted towards large+ size fish. Other than putting in forge habitat im not doing anything to cultivate them. All efforts are geared toward harvest/suppressing overpopulation.

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