Here are my thoughts... First, if trophy pike fishing is the goal, I'd skip on attempting to get them to spawn in my pond. The odds even with intentionally building a marshy area of them naturally reproducing is probably pretty low in a small pond of only 10 acres or so... However, I would do everything possible to prevent natural reproduction so you have complete control of the number of fish you have in your pond. If natural reproduction does occur, you will have to work very hard at removing every pike you catch under a certain size, probably 24"-30" in size and maybe even larger than than...
I would maintain the population by annual stockings. Stocking 12"-16" pike at 1 per acre. So if you had a 10 acre lake, you'd stock 10 per year.
As far as forage, I would stock feathead minnows(FHM), golden shiners(GSH) and yellow perch(YP) in the beginning. As the pike population starts to reach a point where 25% of the population is over 30", then I would consider stocking gizzard shad. I would guesstimate that happening at around year 6-8.
