Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations New pond

If you are going to feed, and stock 6"-9" CC, your CC will be 2# in a year. If you stock feed trained LMB, I'll bet you would see about the same growth on the LMB.

I think LMB are easier to catch than CC, especially if the fish has been caught once before.

Taste is a personal thing, it all depends on how they're cooked.

With your sized pond, you will have a more "fishing friendly" BOW if you go with managing for large BG rather than large LMB. You can have a lot of 1#-2# LMB, plenty of panfish and some CC.

Yes, you'll have mutts with the CNBG/BG mix, but they won't be inferior mutts.

I like Ken's suggestion of tossing in some HSB. They fight hard, but OTOH, they will just about fight to the death when the water is warm. Either plan on catch and keep when the water temps are warm, or make a O2 tank to revive the fish like George1 did.

If the CNBG are from good genetics, you could see 9" or larger fish within a year. See ewests post above.

If you want to manage the pond for large BG with LMB and CC as a secondary fish, then the LMB overspawning will work to your advantage.