Russ, welcome. The above responses pretty well covered what I was thinking. My only input is that you could check into a lined pond and maybe settle for a bit smaller. I have a 1/4 pond and have nice HSB, and caught a 7.2# CC last yr. have plenty of nice YP, SMB and WE, Of course those are all cold water fish so would'nt work for your location. Just sayin ya can raise a lot of nice fish in a small BOW. Do lots of research and fire away with ?

Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.