I may head over there for some female white crappies next week. I have a second pond I can put them in with the black crappie males to produce hybrids. I was just going to settle for all black crappies in onother pond but looks like I still have a little time. I only need four or five females
I would prefer producing hybrids over regular crappies. Much easier to control in a pond vs. non hybrids. And supposed to grow faster the first couple of years.
I put 200 hybrids I feed trained over the winter into my grow out pond a few days ago. Went from 3 to 4 inches to almost 7 inches in a few months. Hopefully the feed trained largemouth in the pond won't eat too many.
The fish originally came from a hatchery in Arkansas last November. A friend brought them up.
So trolling with small crank baits and perhaps a mepps spinner should pick up a few crappies?
A hybrid close to 7 inches
Sorting out the runts: