The pond is 4.5 acres. I put smallies from nate through greg grimes. I think he was hunting with nate and brought them back. There are numerous lmb in the pond. I have lmb up to 8.5 pounds that I have caught. I do not have mid summer temps. I do have vertex aeration going 24/7. When I swim in the pond during the summer, the water temps over the aeration system is quite cooler than the rest of the pond. As far as smb recruitment, I have caught 2 smb that were about 4 inches. I'm not sure about any further recruitment. I built a smaller 1 acre pond and put 300 smb in it in the spring. That pond has no aeration but have had no morts this year.
