Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose What species will work best in my ponds?

This is likely the 2nd year for those fish. The SMB you stocked looked a little bigger than 4" - more like 5". Did you measure any of them? 2013 should be starting their third year. Smallie will often spawn when 3 yrs old. They should be 8"-10" long in May of 2013 with all the forage fish in your pond.

In re-reading this thread I am wondering why you stocked PS before the SMB since the original plan was to put PS in after SMB. Now currently PS are tending to be overabundant. If anyone else uses this combination I would not stock PS until the SMB have spawned and numerous fingerling SMB are available to eat newly hatched PS and YP. As EDT found out SMB stockers can be hard to locate when you want or need them irregardless of what a fish farm tells or promises you.