Bill Cody has excellent advice for SMB. If he sees this, there is a chance he'll give you all the right answers. Till then here is another link to read up on.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=103428#Post103428 My guess would be that they can/will spawn, but survive is another story. A pond 7' deep in NY may not be enough, but we'll see what others say. There may be ways to work around it.
There is another thread that I liked about forage for SMB. I will try to locate it.
