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Originally posted by ewest:

What fish are in the ponds now?

Nothing at all (including no plants or other creatures, the pond is still filling)

How do they get their water (well,rain,run off) and does the water level change much over the year?

It fills with rain and run off and maybe a spring but its not known (when it use to be filled years ago, it was crystal clear). It should not change much in levels ... My guess would be in the summer, it might go down a couple of feet at most but since it is a new pond, I dont know.

Will fish be taken out of the ponds?

I can harvest certian fish if need be... small fish can be caught in minnow traps and large game fish (such as LMB) could be caught and thrown over the hill.

you could have 7 to 10 lbs of predator fish per pond and 21 to 30 lbs of forage fish like BG or minnows per pond.

I would like to not have to feed them pellets. The LMB around here are about 4 lbs each or so (18 inches or so). What type of blue gills should I use in my part of the country that will breed and remain year after year?

If I did not have channel cats, could I have more LMB? More than anything, I want larger bluegills for my son to catch and a few larger bass for me to catch if I fish. I was thinking, what about putting nothing but minnows and/or BG's also and then having the one pond feed the other. Would this allow for the one pond to have twice as many predators?