Our newly renovated 1/2 acer pond is slowly filling. I'm getting ready to stock fhm and res.
I have been going back and forth on either a typical BG and LMB stocking or my original plan of RES, YP, SMB, HSB pond. I would like some crappie as well, but have read that they need a large body of water so I don't think they will be stocked.
I got tired of bass fishing around 10-12 years ago and started to focus on walleye, big gills and crappie when fishing fresh water. So I'm not excited about LMB other than I also have kids. I'm sure my kids, their friends, and our family would have no problem catching nice sized BG and some nice LMB. I'd also like to have a few fish fry's during the year.
So when it comes to fishing in a smaller pond is there a stocking combo that would give younger kids a summers worth of fishing fun? I'm worried with a smaller pond that the fish will become hook shy quickly do to the lower number of fish in the pond. How much fishing pressure is appropriate?
I do plan on feeding and using aeration to help increase the capacity of the pond.
