This may be a stretch for a northern open water forage fish, but what the heck. What about white crappie? They're already in the pond, although in relatively small numbers as far as the electrofishing survey and my fishing indicate. I also understand that they are less likely to overwhelm a pond like black crappie due to irregular spawning and the newborns move out to open water to grow up (not sure how accurate this is). Another plus is that they won't eat my fish food leaving it for the BG and HSB. I suppose the risk is that they will grow bigger than the HSB and LMB can eat, but that can in part be addressed by harvesting the larger ones that I can eat. What do you think?
