Just joined the pond boss forum. Seems you guys know what you are talking about so I hope to learn from your expierence. I have a 1/2+ acre pond about a month old in Madera, CA and I am going to have a lot of newbie questions.

I bought 5,000 minnows from a local supplier and they are rosy reds. In the future do I need to continue buying rr or will fatheads spawn with them? Or does it even matter?

There are 215 3-5" black crappie in the lake and 15 LMB from 7-10". 200 BG 3-5", 200 RES 3-5", and 100 crawdads are on order and I plan on adding more feeder minnows when they get here in a week or so. In the late spring or early summer I will be adding 50 or so channel cats.