Thanks to both of you for the information. I did a little web researching last night and had come up with the following ball park numbers:
Fatheads at 75 to 150
Golden Shiners at 25 to 50
This is based on the pond being anywhere between 1/4th to 1/3rd or 1/2 acre in size. It's somewhere in that range. However, I'll heed your advice and not stock the goldens. I know where I can get my hands on some big ones anyway in the hopes of stocking breeders directly into the target pond I planned to breed them for.
I guess based on your suggestions and my little bit of research I'll opt for 150 to 200 fatheads.
I'll also sink/float some wood panels for breeding surfaces. I plan to net them through out the summer to transer to the target pond I'm taking care of, so that should gel with your advice. If I stock them this week how long into the summer should I wait before I do my first netting? I'm located in northeast Ohio if that helps.
I don't plan on feeding but I might fertilize. This pond is surrounded by dense brush and woods and as a result is as fertile as any swamp, with lots of weeds and that green particle weed (isn't it called duck weed?) floating on the surface by mid summer. Still, do you think fertilizing would be a wise idea? If so, give me a good guess on what I should use and what amount. Don't plan to test the water or anything as I'm trying to not to make this a major project.
