Bill notified me of this thread . I have not read the whole thread string but will . This is my first reply. SMB will definitely reproduce in ponds. IMO all sunfish will with varying degrees of success. Dave Willis , Bretksi , Theo , TJ, have all successfully done so and a lot of others. Sunil also had reproducing SMB in his mixed pond. I believe Dwight also. The folks at SEP also had SMB reproducing in multiple ponds with TFS , CRAPPIE AND FH. More later.