In a small 0.1 ac pond you have to be cautious what species or type that you stock to minimize overpopulation, in-balance, poor growth, and stunting. Pellet feeding will insure best or optimum growth rates in a small or mini-pond. If you stock bluegill (BG) be prepared for an overpopulation; they are very prolific.
In that small of a pond for BG, we here have discussed using only male BG. Just google Pond Boss forum male bluegill. They will grow big and not reproduce providing you correctly choose only males. If you do a search here there are several posts that show differences between male and female BG. Also back in 2006 PBoss magazine's three issues Mar-Apr, May-Jun and Jul-Aug there were articles about choosing and growing only male BG.
Here is a 2005 good starter thread that discusses male & female BG.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=21505 IMO an excellent casual angling small 0.1 ac pond would have only male BG and female yellow perch. In this scenario BG would get to be 10"-11" and the YP 14"-15". Fathead minnows could be used as a forage fish where the breeder FHM would not get overgrazed and stay present for spawning each year. A few trout could be added to this pond each fall for exciting bonus fishing. It is doubtful the pond trout would survive the July-Aug summers in MD.
