Norm, Your experiences of using larger sized SMB with LMB are typical of what can be done with those two bass combined together. The negative side of stocking SMB with LMB is you rarely get any reproduction from the smallmouth in the smaller bodies of water. To get any additional smallmouth in the pond you basically have to do as you have done - add them as larger sized yearling, sub-adult, or adult fish. IF you do that, then the two will co-exist in the same pond.
