Ted,

I have an old 1/4 acre farm pond that has been neglected over the years and is in need of work. The only fish taken out of it in the year since I've owned it are a few bullheads, so over the short term I plan on stocking with bluegills only just to give the kids something to catch. There's no real stocking plan since this is a temporary situation.

In two or three years I hope to drain the pond, clean it out, have the dam recored, and expand it to about 1/2 acre. After reading Pond Boss for a couple years I'll have a better idea of what I want to do.