My summer project was building a 4 acre pond on my property. Bought an old D7 Cat and built it on weekends by myself. It is fed by a running stream. I left the timber standing on the edges of the streambed and piled numberous brush piles for cover. It filled in early November. I stocked it in early December with 500 channel cat 6-8", 500 channels 8-12", 800 coppernose (medium 3-5") 600 redear, and 22 lbs of fatheads for the initial stocking. Been hand feeding once a week but haven't seen anything eat yet. I love crappie so I'll confess that a couple of weeks later I put 100 small (1-2") Black Crappie in. Wasn't going to put any bass in. But after finding this site I guess I probably better. Here in east Texas, bass usually find their way into your pond somehow anyway. How many bass and when should I stock?? Also, did I understock the other species and was the crappie stocking a bad idea?? Hope my ignorance is not too expensive mistake. I also plan to add an automatic feeder this spring. For this size pond is one feeder adequate? Sorry for so many questions, but you guys seem to know your business.
Thanks,
RatherBFishin
