First let me say this is not my body of water it is in a Park and my fishing club of almost 200 members has been given the permision to stock it and manage it kind of a club project to make it a better fishiery for the public
Smallmouth do reproduce in this pit but my thoughts are smallmouth grow to slow in a gravel pit for a good public fishery I have read it takes 7 years to get a smallmouth to get to 16 inches and the pit just is not big enough to support enough of them to keep up with the public romoving them and catch and release lake is not the goal we want fish kids can catch and keep