I have a friend who has recently bought some land with a 7 acre pond. The good news is that there are crappie and every one that has been caught has been over 12" with the majority over 13.5". We have been keeping some, but I wondered if keeping too many of that size will have a detrimental effect, since we have yet to catch a small crappie. There are a lot of bass, but 95% that we have caught are 10-14".

I would hate to "ruin" it by keeping too many big crappie.

Any thoughts/advice?