Goldeneye, First you pond is not large enough to sustain a walleye fishery effectively. I wish it was for your sake but it isn't. Second 10,000 walleye??? What is he crazy? That is way way way way too many for a lake 10 to 20 times your size. Third you should never never add the top of the food chain( and trust me walleye are!! ) prior to adding base of the foodchain ( aka the fatheads ) One thing you start to learn is that some or maybe most fish hatcheries will try to sell you more fish than your pond could support and they will try to sell you everything NOW!!!! They will try to getas much money now and if your food chain is not built correctly they can get more money from you later as you stock or re-stock to adjust the earlier mistakes.

As for the types of fish I am all for you picking whatever you want in your pond. You will see however some people have very strong opinions about catfish and if they should be in ponds, they are one of the top predators and could throw the balance off in your pond. I would also say if you can hold yourself from getting everything this year. I would start out with the fatheads now and move the gills in in the late summer early fall and add the other fish next summer. Just a thought. Good luck and by all means be careful on how many fish you add, a pond as small as 1.5 acres can get to its bio mass quickly.


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1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY