Thanks Dave. I wouldn't mind the bass being in the pond, if needed. It seems like most information available is for growing LMB, that is not my goal. I want something that my 4 year old can catch easily, and still be something that will be good to eat. I have seen some info that the black crappie are not as likely to take a pond over as white crappie. Is this not true? Can small mouth be used instead of LMB? Could blue cat not be used as the top predator? Or would they just not eat enough live fish? I know that I have caught some from the Tennessee river with very large bream inside them.
I am sorry that may of the questions are redundant. I have been looking at many of the posts here with the similiar questions. It seems like region has a lot to do with some of the answers, and I haven't seen any questions from NE Alabama.
Thanks again.
