How do i know if there are crappie in my pond?

Question

well i fish on my grandparents pond a lot and last year they stocked thier pond with every fish they could buy! crappie, bass, perch, bluegill, catfish, carp, etc. even one or two mudcats! but they also have a LOT of turtles. i found half eaten fish on the bank all the time. now i want to catch some crappie but don't know if any of them survived the turtlesor not! what do i do to tell if they survived?

Answer 1

as he answered the best way to find out to fish for them and i bet they are still in there

Answer 2

I'm almost 100% positive there are crappie in there. I highly doubt that turtles would eat every crappie in there. But the old fashioned way is to fish for them. Put on a crappie rig (the one with 2 hooks) and put a couple minnows on their. If they're in there the will come :) if the turtles are becoming a problem I would say find some and relocate them to another pond or to a local lake or river. Good luck!