Originally Posted By: ozarkstriperscom
IMO that pond is screaming smb, yp, we, hsb, and trout.....you are very fortunate having that type of scenario for your pond


Um....+1,000,000! Great call OZ. Don't forget our friends RES or maybe HBG if you want a panfish species to target. I think both are a very low impact fish, and neither will overpopulate in that scenario. Sure the HBG will compete for forage, but if you're supplementing with feeding program you can clear that hurdle. I think a permanent forage species is important though - either Golden Shiner or more desirable would be a Spotfin Shiner or one of the other species with which Bill and Travis can describe.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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