I'm starting to renovate my pond. It's about a half of a acre or a little more. Went down there with a net and caught a bunch of fathead minnows. I easily saw a couple thousand on just one side of the bank. I have only put fathead minnows in there and only 10 little bluegill in there. The bluegill got put in 2 weeks ago. But my plans are to make it about a acre and grow some nice size bass. Right now the pond is 5 1/2 foot deep. When it's completely full it's gonna be about 9ft deep. Any suggestions on how I should go about stocking the pond, and if I should drain it completely to do all the work or just leave it? I don't think I will have to drain it but I don't know.