Zep, I don't knnow about TS survival in a 4 acre pond but winter kill is rare in our Texas reservoirs - I only remember a couple in some 20 years at Texoma.
Ok George....
I may try some threadfin shad next spring
and see how they do the following winter.
Stocking crappie in a small pond would scare the bejabbers out of me
don't know about a larger pond such as yours.
George your buddy
Todd Overton told me yesterday that
hybrid crappie would be ok for my 4 acre pond.
I know regular crappie can be scary, but I am not doing very many and these are the hybrid crappie. In fact I am going with less than half of what Todd told me I could go with. So with a low number and them being hybrid crappie I think I should be ok. (even if a few hybrids manage to reproduce).
I really like crappie, to me they are one of the prettiest fish. I am mainly after quantity of my favorite fishes instead of trophy fish. One way or the other I'll survive...