My pond and my girl's pond will both be experiments in diverse stocking.
I plan on adding every indigenous creature that I can get my hands on. In fact I would add Alligators but Cindy doesn't want to because of the dogs. I assume the Cottonmouths will show up voluntarily.
I'll be looking for Chain Pickerel, Florida and/or Spotted Gar, Warmouth, and Bowfin* if I find that they are common in my area. Gambusia usually show up on their own around here but I won't add them since they work against diversity IMO. There are a bunch of interesting minnows and small Sunfish in south Georgia.
*The U.S. Geological Survey map shows the native range for Bowfin as all of Florida and most of Georgia, but the center of my county isn't included. Our property is with 5 miles of the indicated natural range.
http://www.bowfinanglers.com/science.html
