Mark!
I just recently built a lined pond. Coincidentally, I was draining another
small pond at the time which just happened to have 15 really healthy age-2
redears which needed a new home. The new pond is ultra-clear and just small
enough (50' X 105') that I can observe behavior of these awesome fish! The
only problem is that the redears don't recognize pellets as something
desirable just yet, so I'd like to keep their tummies full with some worms
until they adapt to artificial feed. I'm really blessed to have 5 smaller
ponds to go with my primary pond so I'm always wanting to try something new.