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    I have a nice spring feed pond I own and have fished this pond for decades. Originally was told there were no crappie. However, Over the years I have caught 4 crappie and they were monsters. One was 18.5 inches long, there others were 14-15 inches. (Caught big guy with a 10 inch worm on a texas rig fishing for bass.)
    pole and has lots of bass and bluegill, has a history of channel Fish, but I think they're all gone now.

    Anyone, have an experience with a pond with having- rare but Large -crappie. It goes against everything you read that crappie will over take a small pond.

    Thanks for the input.

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    Sometimes you luck into a ratio that keeps them in check. Whether it’s predators, lack of spawning habitat, or other factors. I can think of two ponds like that. I can also think of 15 ponds full of 4” crappie.

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    Crappie will do quite well in ponds. Best to stock black crappie. White crappier are very prolific and can quickly become growth stunted due to over population

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    You have the exception rather than the norm for Kansas farm ponds. Low density/high quality can and does happen, but more often the crappie overpopulate and cause problems in smaller Kansas waters.
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