That's a nice hsb real heathly looking. History as I know it of pond..no fish present now have fished it two stretches with nary a bite. I do see bullfrog tadpoles and have been told this is a good sign of being able to hold fish. The previous owner had two koi fish in it for a period of time for fun..but these fish have since died off. It is fed by well so drying up is not an issue I don't think. I will plan to seine to make sure as water has been consistently muddy so want to make sure no bullheads or other bottom feeding fish.

If I were to stock with hybrids what would be a good starting point. I am thinking 25 hsb and 150-250 hbg. Too many? Not enough? The hatcheries tell you more but they sell fish to make money so am a little leary. Also if decided to go with lmb and bluegill how many to initially stock? Thinking 12-15 lmb 300-400 bluegill maybe 25-50 redear I hear they are good to control snails. I worry about lmb stunting quickly so this option the more I read I believe is out

Thanks for the opinions.
Randy


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