Pat- My situation is probably quite different than yours. And I can only speak of the ponds around my area.

Black crappies are what I love and I don't mind the "work" of managing them in smaller BOW. I wish they would take pellets but I can't seem to get them to take. So I have to work with what I got.

I can't wait to try a couple of things this season with our crappie only ponds and GSF!