Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Forage for 1/2 acre or less ponds

Norm:

I think one thing to keep in mind about small ponds is that they can easily be managed more intensely than larger waters. By easily - I mean with less cost or fewer labor hours or both.

Want a fish species that's likely to overpopulate - the numbers should be easier to control in less than 1/2 acre versus a 5 acre pond. Want to feed the fish - easier to do intensely by hand in a small pond at a level that would require thousands of dollars in feeder hardware for a big pond. Want to stock non-reproducing species - you can find out how a given density will work for less with fewer acres to stock.

If I had to make a choice between one 2.5 acre pond and 5 half acre ones, I'd take the five small ones. I could run three different sane stocking schemes and two mad scientist experiments at the same time.