Hey everyone,

This past weekend I was able to get out on some ice and fish a buddy's pond. We managed to get about 7 crappie topside. They are all nice ones at least 13". It's not a very big pond by any means. But, it got me wondering how we should harvest on the pond. I normally just bass fish that pond and they are relatively small largemouths. But, I know there are some serious tanks in there as I did see a 7 pounder pulled out.

So, my question is whether we need to thin out the crappie a bit in order to have a more stable fish population. Normally I wouldn't pull the big crappies out. But, that seems like the best thing in order to have a pond of healthy fish. Thoughts?