Yes res get to be a few a pounds. It is clear now that to achieve this i am going to need to drain the pond. I have a lot of minnows that are breeder size in other ponds that i might move to this one. Thanks for the help. I am in virginia so pumpkinseed are hard to come by unless bucket stocked (suckers and rock bass are going to have to be stocked like this but the river is clean and i won't bet on them thriving). Would it be risky to preform something like this? And what about doing it for smb? My biggest fear is spending a lot of money on fish and having one of my two pound bluegills eat all of them for i can't completely drain the pond. I am going to try and stock adult sizes in everything except smb and perch. Thanks again for the help