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    I am starting a crappie population in my pond. During the warm months, there are a lot of cattails along the bank. Would these be good spots to catch crappie?

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    In my experience with cattails in ponds it definately a huge help. I say that because cattails tend to attract alot of mosqitos and those dropping in the water attract those crappie.

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    I forgot to say watch very closely on how many crappie you put into a pond becasue they do tend to over populate in a pond.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragfly Jig Man
    I forgot to say watch very closely on how many crappie you put into a pond becasue they do tend to over populate in a pond.
    The bream can get away from you too. Dad has a pond in it with cattails. It produces millions of bream every year. If I lived closer to him, we would have rotnoned it by now and started over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragfly Jig Man
    I forgot to say watch very closely on how many crappie you put into a pond becasue they do tend to over populate in a pond.
    I've heard about that happeneing. However, I plan to keep all the crappie we catch and if they get to be a problem, I will stock a couple of Hybrid Striped Bass to control the smaller crappie. I've heard the HSB are good at controlling an overpopulated pond and not controlling it themselves.

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    Drpepper ,I love to find those old ponds overpopulated with Bream. We use those for Catfish bait on our Noodles every summer.
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