I have a live creek on my farm, so have posted some similar questions to yours.
I did get some good responses from our experts.
Basically, they said that some of the stream/creek species will thrive in a pond. Other species will not, especially if their spawning behavior depends on moving water.
You might try a few species in your forage pond at the same time. Make a slightly different environmental niche for each as indicated by the literature. Whichever species thrives in your forage pond should also do well in the main pond.
Perhaps in a few years YOU will be the expert on a couple of those species!
I would think that species that broadcast spawn over vegetation and species that are crevice spawners would be able to reproduce in ponds and lakes as opposed to streams and rivers.
