Dwight's first sentence ...."In our 5 acre pond crappie are just one variety of fish that are a part of the overall balance. They are not a problem, per se," rings true for my pond also.
You have to have a good predator base and do extreme culling.
Right now and in the next few weeks, in my pond, you can go to submerged cover and catch crappie one after the other. I take them all out unless I happen to catch a bigger one. The biggest Black Crappie out of my pond was 12" and maybe 14" which are a nice size to catch.
