Even with a bad winterkill, I would bet that some of the smaller fish survived. You may not see them, but they are there.

If the other houses have access to the pond, then once the pond starts turning around, they might want to "help" you stock the pond, i.e. catching fish from another BOW and transferring them to the pond for you.

First I'd get a clear picture of what their access is to the pond.

If you do purchase it, and turn the pond in to a SMB fishery, adding LMB to the fishery will change the dynamics to a LMB pond (over time).

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