Hey guys, I am considering stocking my pond and would like some advice.
Background: Just bought a house, in February, with a 1.5 acre pond out the back door. Average depth of 5'-6'. Have caught 114 bullhead and 1 green sunfish out of there so far. I have a few water snakes, several turtles and several nice size bull frogs. Also, have a few ducks & geese around as well. Not sure what else is in there. It is spring fed, however, it also is the outlet for my neighbors pond when the water is high. the water is extremely muddy (2"-4" visibility right now) I do have 2500 lbs of gypsum cTming in the next few weeks. (I attached a couple pictures of it)
I want 3 main species, Channel Cat, Bluegill, & Large Mouth Bass. LMB are fun to catch and CC are good eating. So my thoughts was to stock as follows.
What do you guys think of that? Also, will it hurt to stock the CC first, then the minnows, then bluegill & lastly the LMB? I'm on a super tight budget and it'd be easier to do in 3 or 4 different stockings.
Which leads to my next question, is there any month in Kansas where you would NOT want to stock any fish?
What months are the best/worst?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm a newb and just want to get all the information I can. THANKS!
