Thanks all for the great info, sorry for not responding sooner. Went to check out the water level in the pond after work \:\) Cecil there are no fish in the pond yet, I dug it just over a month ago and it's still filling.

I grew up in western Kentucky a bit north of Bowling Green. Pumpkinseeds are prolific in the creeks there. They are indeed Lepomis Gibbosus, just like the pic Ewest posted. Sorry, I don't have any pics of caught pumkinseeds. They can be even more colorful, sometimes almost neon red and orange. We regularly caught them in creeks on the family farm, and for thier size they are good little fighters. I don't know how they would do in the warmer water of a Southern pond ... never tried it. My land in Tennessee is roughly 70 miles South of where I grew up and the climate should be very similar.

There's a creek on the front of my land but I haven't fished it yet ... sounds like I need to see if there are any pumpkinseeds in it \:\)

Thanks,
Eric