CJ has covered the basics for stocking. If it were mine I would use the wetland area to grow forage minnows mentioned by CJ: BNM,SFS, BKF and or LCS, and grass shrimp - crayfish.
I would not want WE spawning in a pond. In optimum conditions you could easily have too many to over eat the forage and not get WE larger than 10"-13" - a bad thing IMO. Buy the replacement stocker WE when you need them.
I don't think electroshocking is a good way to remove excess BCP. Small crappie tend to inhabit open water areas and electroshocking does not work well in open water areas. If you want crappie use over-abundant small LMB as the predator or lots of over stocked HSB.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 09/30/13 07:51 PM.
