Pond Boss Forums INTRO New Forum Member Introduction Advice for a new(ish) northern pond

A reminder - if you add largemouth with the yellow perch do not plan on long term survival of small perch unless the pond is relatively weedy to protect small perch. Largemouth reproduce too abundantly and the LMB mouth is big so they eat too many small, medium size perch. A group of 12"-13" LMB will eat many 4"-5" perch and keep almost all of them from becoming much larger. Smallmouth(SMB) have smaller mouths and importantly are not as prolific as LMB. Thus having SMB it is easier to manage their numbers and they are more compatible with perch.