I had a pond dug on my property near Burleson, Texas, just south of Fort Worth. It is an oval shape 60' x 120' with a depth of 10' with 30 degree off horizontal sides because of the space I had to put it in. It filled up for the first time with the big rains of a couple of weeks ago and is holding water nicely.

I need some recommendations on first stocking. My estimate of pond size is a little over 1/4th acre. According to the "Basic Pond Management" book and taking a quarter of the 1 acre recommendation the range is 25-250 CC and 1 to 1.5 fathead minnnows. I do plan to feed. I would like add BG and LMB later.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Richard N