Not even considering it, hybrid panfish are a waste of time/money IMHO. I need a medium sized panfish that will spawn readily and can eat a wide variety of food. Crappie/Perch aren't hard to catch either especially when they're hungry. I live less than 100ft from the pond's potential location so it's going to get plenty of attention.
I'll probably be talking to the others about yellow perch since they will eat their own and have better spawning habits.
Tilapia would be more of a problem since I'm not stocking a predator fish. Tilapia are harder to catch, reproduce rapidly, eat only phytoplankton(sp?), and they will die off in the winter
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This is a foodfish pond. It would get grossly out of balance if I ever stopped managing it.
