Hi Montana Red - welcome to the forum. I am pumped to see you're from Big Sky country - one of my favorite places in the world! We need more input from the Western US, glad you found us!

Travis provided some great advice - YP are a great fish many of us on the forum have established not only as a game fish but because they are incredible table fare.

It would be helpful if you could tell us about the goals for your pond. Do you want a trophy LMB fishery? A balanced fishery for panfish and LMB? Let us know and we can help direct your efforts.

BTW - I'll be up to Livingston August 5-12 for my annual fly fishing trip. Where in MT are you located?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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