Terry, couple of questions, was the pond dry 10 months ago because you just built it or another reason, what size is the pond.

This is the time of year you stock your forage fish(bream and fatheads)and soon! Next spring stock bass. Lots of reasons not to stock fish from other bodies of waters.

You can get alot of info from this site but my suggestion is order Pond Boss Magazine, Buy their books and hire a pond professional to help.

Have fun and good luck!