Quote Originally Posted by crappiemax
BadBrad brought up Weiss Lake and I believe Weiss Lake Association actually stocks 100,000 crappie every year. They say it's to keep the gene pool strong. I wouldn't think 100,000 fish wouldn't matter in a lake that size but ya' got to admid they have a heck of a fishery there.

I watched a video the other day, not sure exacty which lake, but they were going to build a hatchery on that lake just for stocking crappies. (may have been Lake of the Ozark's, not really sure) Same problem, fishing has declined in recent years. They felt the only way to sustain the fishing was with additional stockings.

It would be interesting to see if stocking would help, but would probably be tough to convince the State DNR to give it a try.
That's gonna have to happen here sooner or later if they want to sustain a good crappie population. Heck if they'd start a stocking program I'd supply the females! :D

They won't ever do it though. They'll stock deer, turkey, otters. They'll move Elk 2500 miles but they won't even consider helping out the crappie.