If you are going to use rotenone and wipe out the existing small pond before stocking, be sure to test the water before adding any new fish. Rotenone will break down quickly with higher water temperatures, but slower when they are lower. Also rotenone is expensive and usually requires a license to purchase. With that said, I did this in an existing pond that I have back in 2002. Be sure to drain the pond down as low as you can to help save on costs of the rotenone. One gallon will treat about 1 surface acre. You may or may not already know this, but wanted to point this out for others reading.

You don't mention whether the larger pond is a new pond or an existing pond, which maybe the reason for the confusion in the responses posted already.

Another note on the coppernose bluegill. They've done very well in my pond, and one of the main reasons I got them, besides B. Lusks touting of them, was I planned to feed them and they have grown very well. Also they are not quite as prolific as the native bluegills, and therefore you get a little edge on preventing overcrowding and stunting. They both taste great!

John