We have a nursery pond next to the Connerly Bayou ramp that we raise crappie in (expect a couple years where we raise bass if the pond bottom needs to me worked). In the spring, we go in Connerly Bayou and collect broad stock. We then take those broad stock and put them in the pond. We also put fathead minnow for the young fish to feed on. In late October, we release the pond into Connerly Bayou. We normally stock around 100,000 1 1/2 to 4 inch crappie. However this is to supplement the natural spawn. The natural spawn has a much larger impact then we could ever do by stocking. There are many nursery ponds through out the state that are used in the similar fashion to raise sunfish, bass, crappie, and walleye.

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