Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Yellow Perch & Bluegills? - Eventually LMB

For simplicity sake, yes. However, I think you could manage a YP, BG, LMB pond as long as you were willing to dedicate a little more to it.

The BG will most likely greatly outnumber YP in the pond after several years. However, if you are trying to establish a strong forage base quickly prior to stocking bass, I would probably stock the BG (and a few RES) along with FHM and wait on stocking the YP to avoid new spawn predation from the YP. I would also seriously consider adding GSH as well, but that's my own preference and others would probably disagree. I would then stock LMB and advanced size YP (if you want them) later on, following a successful BG and FHM spawn. This gives you a strong forage base for your bass without having the perch picking off your first BG and minnow spawn.

Ultimately, I believe you'll need to restock YP perhaps every other year to every third year if you want to keep a steady population of them in your pond.

By adding YP, you are adding a couple of extra variables. As long as you are willing to put the time into managing those extra variables, I believe you'll get quality results.