Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait What size forage pond would you do?

After meeting with my dirt contractor yesterday, I will be digging a small pond to use for catching water from the run off (a watershed pond) and adding fishes for my LMB pond. I am hoping to use the fish as fish food for my lmb as they grow bigger and to use the watershed pond to pump into the big pond to build water volume in the bigger pond as summer takes it away through evaporation and through drought times. I will be using a pump to move the water to the big pond. What is a good size pond for a project like this. I think 6 foot will be the deepest and I plan on making the bottom look like a painters roller pan might look. It will be located next to the big pond and should collect a lot of water run off that now just runs off to a bayou. I am thinking of stocking with CNBG and maybe some GSH and growing them through feeding.

Thanks

Tracy