Originally posted by Bill Cody:
Smallies and yellow perch will do fine in your pond. Fatheads and golden shiners would be good forage fish to help feed the perch and SM bass. Add fatheads and shiners and maybe fingerling perch first (now or in fall) then after minnows and perch spawn stock in fall(07 or 08 depending) stock SMB fingerligs.
Thanks for the replies and help everyone. I'm definitely going to stock smallies since that's what I wanted all along, but didn't think the water was cool enough in my pond to do it. Another question if you don't mind. Is my structure and habitat ok for smallies? Do I need to add anything? The tops of the three raised areas you see in the picture are about 5 feet deep, with gravel on them. I have a big tree cut up laying in there, a stump, plus a good size rock pile. Thanks!
