The last couple of times we have been to Mallard, we have seen several anglers on the lake. We did not stock any crappie in Mallard Lake, this year. We do have a request in for crappie stocking FY 2014. I know you are interested in crappie but Mallard Lake experienced one of the best bass spawns ever for that lake. We suspect the crappie also had an excellent spawn.

The brush you saw on the east side of the lake was actually willow tree saplings that came up during the low water. We had them sprayed to stop them from spreading around the lake. I like willow trees as cover but there was a potential for the willow trees to completely block out the east side of the lake. The same situation occurred at Lake Ashbaugh in the past.

We do have plans to try to do a control burn around the levees of the lake to help make it easier for angler to bank fish. We plan on doing this after duck season.