Chris we have been discussing alternative stocking schemes lately. You really should check out the last 2 PB issues where Dr Mark Cornwell a fisheries professor at SUNY-Cobleskill in Cobleskill, New York writes about NY ponds using FH , Gshiners and SMB as an option rather than BG/LMB. We are talking about the same subject on the following current thread.

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000493;p=1#000005