That is the good thing about your own pond -- you can do what you want.
In WV I would use regular BG not CNBG -- to far north.
You can use no CC and use LMB instead. You will have to deal with overcrowding of LMB. If you want LMB then I would use one pond for big BG and LMB and use the other to grow out forage FH and small BG to add to the first pond as food for the LMB. Your big problem will be to learn about carrying capacity and be able to watch for and deal with that and to learn about and manage balancing the fish population. Do some searches here for those topics. The best single thing you could do is get a copy from the PB office of Basic Pond Management see link below and order the mag. all the rest you can get here or on line. Second link is to a Miss. Pond Mgt. Book for some basics but they will change some for WV.
http://www.pondboss.com/books.html http://msucares.com/wildfish/fisheries/farmpond/management/ I just read Bill's post and it brought an option to mind that is recomended by many biologists for small ponds and that is hybrid BG and CC with the idea of a put and take pond. They grow well and make for good fishing .
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