Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose new pond

I'd bet they are gone within a month.

Stock the BG now. Stock at least 2,000 of them and stock 400 RES too. You want the BG/RES to be a size where the largest LMB can't eat them. So, if you have 5" LMB in there now they have to be 2"-4" or 2"-3" fish. When you are buying fish, it's normal to have the majority of the fish to run at the small end of the size range. i.e. if the supplier says they are 2"-4", expect the majority of fish to be in the 2" range.

The longer you wait before stocking the BG, the bigger they will have to be.

If you can, get 20# of GSH 3" long or larger in there ASAP too.