Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Minimum dimensions for forage pond

As I ready the machines to start digging, this thread is of most interest to me. Since I will need to move clay from one part of the plot to the dam area, I would like to incorporate 2 small forage ponds to raise FHM and GSM for the large pond. Most of the questions have been answered and I don't want to steal the thread so I will be brief. I am building in Southern Wisconsin so my thought is a forage pond 4 ft at one end and 6 at the other with a small aerator. The pond would be seined out and drained down come the winter (great info, Bill) Will I get enough reproduction from the minnows since they would be seined out in the late fall before freeze and new minnows added in the spring once the water opens up? Last question, is there a size min for a forage pond? I was thinking of 50 by 50 for each?