Bill,
Thank you for all the helpful info. You are more than correct about my pond being a new one, it is still in my head. Just getting overly excited about the possibilites to come
Thanks,
gallop
Gallop,
You should ask Cody to send you some recent pics of yellow perch he has caught in one of his ponds. He's doing something many people are skeptical about: growing trophy size yellow perch with few predators. Many people that don't think out of the box will tell you they will stunt. He keeps them in check by removing eggs annually, seining out juveniles and feed training them, and a few saugeye to keep them in check.