so the plan is to have a larger pond lets say... 7 acres and up. the pond was gonna mostly be a gravel bottom...with rock piles...and boulders and plenty of other structures and i might even be able to fit in a small island to give more of a funner fishing expeirence. i want to stock mostly RBT a with a prey fish of shiners. the plan was to have a long term survival of the trout...i really dont want to constattly harvest and restock ...and the main problem is having the trout survive the harsh summer... how can i do this with a pond this size?
i understand that there will summer kills and that those should be restocked again in the fall...but i want the summer kills to a minnimum. is this possible?
some other questions i have is
can i stock atlantic salmon with the RBT and shiners? to give more variety in the fishing fun.
and will the shiners be a good forage/prey supply for the trout?
