Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain North Alabama pond...Don't want blue gill...HELP

In a pond setting, I think of filtration and clear water meaning a lot of plants in the pond. With a lot of plants in the pond you can eliminate a lot of Filamentous and planktonic algae too. You can use chemicals to keep the swimming area clean.

I'd look into Redear Sunfish (RES), Hybrid Striped Bass (HSB) and possibly Hybrid Bluegills (HBG), with some hybrid Blue Cats. Adjust predator numbers to keep the panfish in check, and don't forget that you are the ultimate predator, so that means taking fish out of the pond to eat. It's impossible to have a strictly C&R pond.