Welcome aboard. I also have a smaller pond 1/3 acre or so going on 3 years now. I initially stocked about 2 pounds of fathead minnows after it filled along with about 50 bream I got from my neighbors pond that my son had stocked in his pond a couple of years earlier. This was in the fall. The following spring I stocked channel cats. I am now loaded with minnows and mosquito fish that found there way in from the inflow. Last year I stocked 50 bass. We have caught a few bass on accident and they are about 1 pound and fat and happy as I see them lying in the shallows and attacking the mosquito fish on the banks. The cats are now 5 pounds plus we have removed about 100 and plan on stocking 100 more this year they are a blast catching on a small popper and a fly rod when I feed them (yeah I know it's cheating!) anyways you can click on my website and see my pond for ideas.

Bob in North Alabama