Howard take a look at this thread on SMB in ponds (northern and southern) that has info from Prof Willis and Dr. Slipke and Bill plus others with actual experience.

SMB in ponds
http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000601;p=1

How old do SMB need to be to spawn

http://www.pondboss.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=004009;p=1

Lets start a SMB list of links here. If you have a good PB forum SMB thread post it here. We can gather it all up and make it into a reference like the Crappie Pond thread.