Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Gizzard Shad??

Thanks guys, like all fisherman Id love to have a trophy pond of 7-8 species but that is not relistic, so Id really like a pond that had trophy RES, and BC ( Crappie) with bass and some medium sized cats 5-10 lbs for eating, I could care less about the LMB but most folks enjoy fishing for them. Yes, Im an avid Fly fisher (Guide locally) and am looking for the Gizzard Shad to help in two ways, feed bigger cats and to give me fresh bait when I catfish in rivers.
Ill be stocking Fatheads and Golden Shiners to help get things started.

Im really torn about how to manage the pond as my fishing interests are all over the place, heck Id love to have longnose gar and a few bowfin as well as Chain Pickerel if you can imagine that, but I need to be relistic and for eating sake, Id much rather have the Blue Cats over the channels, as a trophy cat hunter, the bigger ones pose no tackle problems for me and i could always Jug fish them out if it came to that.
Maybe that helps, maybe not... 8^)

Salmonid (Mark)