Danny, I'm speaking from personal experience. My first pond, a 1/4 acre which I still have, was stocked about 30 or so years ago with fathead minnows, bluegills, catfish and bass. Everything went great for a couple of years. Then, I noticed a couple of floating bluegills. Before long, the die off started. I lost 90% of the fish. That was Mama Natures way of telling me that I had blown it. Aeration didn't exist in those days and this pond is a mile or so from electricity anyway. It now has about 15 one to two pound catfish, bluegills and green sunfish.
