Mark, I am located next to Caddo Lake here on the Tx/La border. We have chain Pickerel in Caddo along with a few other lakes in the area. The largest I have caught might have been in the 3 to 4# range but most are in the 2#size. A pretty aggressive fish caught on different types of bass baits. I think they were stocked back in the 40's as an additional sport fish. So, if I was to think outside the box for stocking a 1.5 acre pond I might look to add HSB, especially if I was going to feed. And then add the Chain Pickerel along with a heavy stocking of bg, res and I might add GSH. Now if I really wanted to look at another aggressive fish that grows pretty big and real aggressive, I might look to add a few Grinnell to the mix. I would leave the catfish out all together. Now this might be too many predators but if you went with high bg and res numbers you might get away with it but may need to restock bg every so often. I think a pond like this one would be a blast to fish in year 3 or 4. Talk about getting your string pulled!! You did say other than a bass/bg pond lol
Last edited by TGW1; 08/21/19 07:43 AM.
