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Danny:

Welcome to the forum!

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Do you have any idea of what fish you want to stock? If you wanted to try something slightly different than your traditional LMB/BG/CC pond, there are a few interesting options.

Take a look at the archives, especially the post about acronyms. You'll get used to them pretty quickly.

You'll want to search about cover/structure for fish, etc.

Basically, you can go about it (stocking) 2 ways. Stock forage fish the first year, let them grow so you can practically walk across the water on them. Provide proper spawning habitat for them. Then stock the predators the next year.

Or, stock everything at once.

Look into supplemental feeding so you know the pros and cons.

What you stock the pond with all depends on what you want to catch, and how involved you want to get with the management of the fish in the pond.

You could stock only hybrids and have almost 0 reproduction, and have to restock annually or semi-annually to replenish the fish that are removed. Or, you could stock a combination of hybrids and pure strain, or strictly pure strain.

Sit down, take a good long think about what goals you have for the pond, and we'll guide you so you can achieve your goals.

It's much easier and cheaper to get the pond planned out before you start digging.

Find a good dirt guy that is well versed in constructing ponds. Lots of guys out there move dirt, few know how to make a hole in the ground that will hold water.