Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Single Species Crappie Pond/Lake, Yellow Perch

I am currently very pleased with our yellow perch only pond. The only odd thing I find is the recruitment of young perch seems low. I think Bill figured it out that the type of shiners we have as forage are eating the young perch. We did start the shiners a full year before the perch and have caught adult shiners in the 6-8" size. The shiner boom is due to the water fall designed into the pond. The shiners spawn in the water fall when the water gets warmer after the perch all ready have, but the perch minnows are harvested by the adult shiners pre spawn and post spawn.

The small perch have not been a problem yet and I have not pulled the trigger on adding walleye to the pond yet because of this.

We stocked 400 perch in 2012 and most are 11"s on average with a few 13"ers.

Cheers Don.