Quote Originally Posted by no1son View Post
It is interesting to note that icefishermen very often look to find small lakes and ponds that generally get overlooked by fishermen as jewels that often contain the biggest panfish. Lack of fishing pressure in them generally does not result in automatic overpopulation and stunting. Although it can in some cases, the key to biggest size panfish up here is life expectancy, since it can take a bluegill or crappie a full decade to reach 10" in the north country.
Good stuff.