Tshad aren't an option in south eastern VA, winter kills at least every third year or so if not more often...

Try getting GSH established in a pond with several 22" and many 16"-18" hungry bass... Highly unlikely prospect IMO. You'd have to stock lots of LARGE adults, not easy to come by through a commercial hatchery source or catching them wild.

That about leaves gizzard shad... I honestly think gizzard shad aren't as bad in some situations as people make them out to be. This pond has good sized(yet thin) bass and they are hungry. If any small pond could fit well for gizzard shad, this would be it IMO. I think N Beach is looking to bass fish, he's not really interested in sunfishing... So if the gizzard shad negatively affect the sunfish population, so be it.