On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:39:06 -0400, "Alwaysfishking"
wrote:

I don't know nothing about this but I can tell ya, I have a decent size lake
up here and it's loaded with crappie, where the other lakes here have very
few crappie. The lake with the crappies in it produce numerous fish ranging
from 1-6 pounds, there aren't many people who fish these lakes and yet I
still have a problem thinking crappie will ruin it. I'd be more worried
about toothy critters than crappies.

Absolutely. Its dangerous to overgeneralize on this and IMO the
DNR often are dead wrong about scaring people from stocking crappie in
their waters.

There are quite a few bodies of water (large lakes, small lakes,
ponds, rivers) that are loaded with crappie that have one heckuva bass
population that is healthy. For example, big lakes like
Kentucky/Barkley, Okeechobee, Weiss are world famous for both their
bass and crappie populations. From what I've seen, the bass and
crappie populations usually "mirror each other" in that "when the
crappie population is excellent...the bass population is excellent.
When the crappie population is poor...the bass populaiton is often
poor." Yes, there are some lakes that are overpopulated with small
crappie...but those lakes also have other issues too (ie. not enough
food, unsteady water levels during spawn, etc.)

Heh heh...from what I've seen...them bass just get fatter
gobbling up them small crappie! If there are crappie in a lake, I
guarantee you that Ill throw a crankbait that looks like a crappie bc
I've seen time and time again where bass just gobble em' up!

And some of my favorite small fishing holes are loaded with huge
crappie. In fact, it seems like the size of the crappie in a pond is
an indicator of the size of the bass you'll find in a pond (big
crappie = big bass). Unless it's a washout that only hold 4' of water
(during some parts of the year)...show me a small pond with 2 pound
crappie in it and I'll guarantee you that there are 8 pound bass in it
too!

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