Yes, GSH are big time jumpers! But I would be too if it meant going in a bass's belly or living to see another day...
I have built small outside ponds out of cinder blocks as the form, sand as the buffer to protect the liner and then using a PVC pond liner. You can vary the size and depth by the number of cinder blocks you use.
Any of the landscaping concrete stones will work as well, they actually look a lot better than cinder blocks. I also have used landscaping lumber to build the form of the pond. These options are nice because you can always break down the pond if you want to move it.
Golden shiners and fatheads breed like crazy in them. Gams do well in them also. I have also bred banded killies, bluntnose minnows and several sunfish species in them.
I am thinking about trying to breed lake chubsuckers that way. Spawn them a few seasons and build up their numbers. About the only way to get enough to properly stock a pond since no hatcheries sell them.
