Originally Posted By: PJB
The pond will be for fishing purposes so the reason that I'm thinking about keeping trees around the pond is for shade as well as cover. I will be creating/adding structure for cover as I'll be stocking the pond with Bluegill, Large Mouth Bass and Channel Catfish.


If that is your goal, you should leave out the CC as they are direct competition with LMB for the forage in the pond.