Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Yellow Perch ?

The yellow perch will thrive in MI ponds. However, adding YP with the intention of them creating more harvestable YP is going to be a low success in your current pond unless there are lots of weedbeds for the small YP to hide in. Reason being the YP will remain small for 3 yrs before they get big enough to avoid predation by LMB and CC. Three years is a long time trying to keep away from hungry predators with big mouths. Bass will get them during the day and CC will get them at night when YP settle to the bottom for rest. If you stock some and want them to survive stock ones at least 8" and 9"-10" is better and gives almost 100% survival. I've watched 16" LMB eat 8" yp. I learned all this back in the 1980's when first starting to work intently with YP.