Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose tiny pond, big panfish plans.

I have a little pond roughly 100 x 50 ft and I'm getting ready to dig it back out. Its a hard red claw bottom. But anyways I want to grow 2 pound bream in it and had been thinking about a hybrid. Probably GG. I just want to grow massive bream for taxidermy reasons and just for fun. I was planning on digging the pond with almost zero spawning area. Probably a straight drop edge at about five feet deep. Stocking fhm, feeding them, and stuff. What do yaw think?

Maybe throw in a few male bass also?

By the way I've read on here for days about the controversies over GG and am aware of people's opinions but I'm trying something a little different than a balanced pond. It'll only be for probably five or six years max until I turn it into a trophy flier sunfishpond in hopes of making a .ga state record. I grew up with fliers in my dad's ten acre pond and caught the state record but had no clue what it was so I didn't pursue it. Looked like a bg/crappie hybrid to me at the time...

Welcome to the forum, Matt! I think most of the controversy over the GG is the outlandish "common" growth claims made about the GG, and the need to buy an entire "system" from the producer to achieve results (the same man also seemed to be quite adept at exaggerating when he marketed Hogzilla...I believe National Geographic did an expose' on the man). We are all pretty sure the GG is just a coppernosed bluegill crossed with a green sunfish.

You would probably get better growth on a few monster CNBG stocking 25-50 LMB and about 50-75 Florida Genetics Coppernosed bluegill. Let the LMB starve and stunt taking out the CNBG offspring and the VERY few CNBG that survive will be the best of the best and grow to awesome sizes. I would plan to feed your CNBG also because any other forage would help the LMB grow larger

Think the predator rate should be that high with the lack of spawning sites?

Every time I've seen a GG in person I swear it looks like it has some red ear dna in it somewhere.

You could start with lower numbers of predators, especially if you feed a quality fish food. The CNBG, GG, or whatever panfish you choose will find places to spawn, even if it has to be in deeper waters. Speaking of Redears, you may want to add a 15 or 20 to control snails and the parasites they host. I suggested a higher number of predators to ensure poor growth and early stunting. Lower numbers will give them more growth till the first or second spawn add big numbers of small LMB.

10-4 sounds like a plan. I've read a good bit about how quarry ponds produce awesome size panfish because of limited spawning areas cause of steep banks. I figured I'd try to make a man made version of sorts. Maybe even go as far as far8 ft drop off banks in my tiny hole of a pond.? Idk

Sounds like fun! take pictures and document everything for us....mark fish to show and record same fish growth histories too.

Will do brotha