just been reading some of your posts about stocking and I want your ideas on my plan.
My wife and I recently bought a home in NW Ohio and it has a small .25, or slightly less, acre pond that is 18' deep at the deepest point.
Our plan is to raise big sunfish in this pond, and right now it has some decent sized BG's and at least one YP I've seen. Also have caught about 6 LMB's of which the biggest was about 13-14" in length. Also spied on grass carp lurking when the water started to warm but haven't seen him since, and he's about 2 foot or so. I see quite a few small BG's in the 1-3" range and also a few fingerling LMB's in the 2-5" size range.
I've added 20 new bluegills in the 5-7" range to the pond to get some new blood introduced to the existing 'gills. Planning on also putting in about 10 RES and 10 Hybrid BG's as well. After the bluegills spawn a couple times I'd like to add half-a-dozen larger - 8-10" LMBs to keep them in check.
Does this sound like a reasonable strategy?
The pond, as of right now, has very little cover for YOY fish. I've put in three small brushpiles and a bigger LMB as taken control of one of those. Another one holds a lot of small BG's and the remnants of the fatheads that I put in earlier this year.
All advice is welcome.
Thanks and good fishing,
Dan
