04-26-2016, 02:07 PM
According to the DWR, here in Utah, crappie are pretty hard to remove from any body of water once they are established but without a doubt, habitat has got to be a big factor for their numbers to really grow. If there is plenty of cover for the young of the year to survive until they get big enough to not but eaten, by other predators, they would do well but with the number of perch in Cascade, crappie are likely one of the prey they feed on when they are small. When it comes to any fish, you can catch more of them by targeting the areas they hang out the most, using known methods that work for them. Crappie seems most easily caught in the Spring, up until they spawn, then they are harder to catch. Just like perch, they cycle and in good years when their numbers are high, you can catch limits of nice big slams, as long as they don't stunt, then their numbers drop and so does the easy catching. We caught two limits of 12 to 13" crappie, in an hour and a half, earlier this month, we went back 10 days later and caught zero but that was more the result of the weather than the fish not being there. It pretty cool that you have a lake like Cascade, there in Idaho, that has both big perch and crappie.
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