Thread: Lake monticello

Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper

Wonder why you can't catch crappie in lake monticello anymore. This might be why.

Lake Monticello, Drew County, 62,335 fingerling*Florida bass

The population of white bass and yellow bass couldn't help either! Neither could the 50-11 wakeboard boats.

Maybe. Lakes do rise and fall in production over periods of years.

Haven't seen any stocking of crappie in a long time. Those bass were stocked last month

Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper

Wonder why you can't catch crappie in lake monticello anymore. This might be why.

Lake Monticello, Drew County, 62,335 fingerling*Florida bass

Looks like the green carp lobby is stronger with the powers-that-be than the crappie lobby, Jerry!!!

never fished it but ive always heard what a great Bass lake it is , never have heard allot of good things on the crappie in it, not sure?

Used to have a good crappie population but no effort to keep it up just the bass.

That is actually a light stocking for Lake Monticello. It normally is stocked with 100,000 Florida largemouth bass. The purpose of stocking it every year is to keep the Florida genetics in the lake. It also is stocked with threadfin shad, most years, which there are very few lakes that receive shad stockings. The lake was stocked with 50,300 yearling Black Crappie on 10/24/13.

Up until about 3 years ago it was a great crappie lake.