SWBUCKHNTR
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I bought a new house that has a pond right next to it and I need some advice. I have always heard that this pond is great fishing but the previous owner never let anyone on it. When I was talking to the guy before I bought it he said that it had bluegill, crappie, bass and catfish in it. It is a 2 acre pond it has an aerator and is 15 foot deep in the middle. The previous owner says it is full of slab crappies and good size bluegills and some nice bass. Now I know enough from experience that you cant have big of all three in a pond that size. First of all when crappies are smaller they compete with bluegills then when they get biggr they compete with bass. Therefore having all three in a pond means that they all will compete and not a single one will be able to flourish over another. Here is where I run into trouble. I want to make it a good crappie pond because they are the best eating things around. Now how do I do that without totally killing off the whole pond and starting over? I have ice fished it once and caught nothing but 4-5 inch bluegill left and right. So I know that I have to get there population down. Any other suggestions on what to do?