Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose New Iowa Pond

Correct, some of the Golden Shiners will be able to outrun the predators. They reproduce by broadcasting their eggs on grassy substrate in shallow water, FHM males guard a nest and they swim much slower than GSH.

Ladder stocking will be required for a Hybrid pond. Dependent on the number of fish removed. HBG will not revert back to GSF and BG. They will always be HBG, but the offspring will be 90% male and the offspring won't have the hybrid growth vigor that the parents do.

HSB do not usually reproduce in ponds, I only know of one that has some reproduction. Look up how White Bass and Striped Bass reproduce and you will see it takes a special set of circumstances for HSB to be able to reproduce successfully in a pond.