greenL - you are also missing that crappie even small crappie eat, if available, mostly small fish, thus crappie make a very poor forage fish and crappie compete for food with other fish eaters. Not so much true as with BG types - similar to what BGkiller states.
True - Larger bass will eat a mature crappie. But note, crappie are similar to BG in that they can mature at a small or larger or in-between sizes depending on size structure of the population and available food. Small bass will eat more numbers of crappie per year compared to a large bass providing a normal crappie population size structure is present. The wise rationale is to try and get as many crappie out of the community as fast as possible, so remaining fish have more food and less competition and better growth results. Amount of available food and inter & intraspecific competition are very important factors for producing quality fisheries.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/06/11 01:52 PM.
