Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Bucket stocking rates for 9 acre lake

Before you stock more fish, what is the fishery goal for the pond? Research what specific spawning habitat each species needs that you want to stock. Yellow Perch and Bluegill need different habitat. YP need dense brush, underwater weeds, tumbleweeds, etc., so they can drape their egg skeins over them to keep water circulating around the top, sides and underside of the skeins. Bluegill like sand or pea gravel areas to did out beds for the spawning community. Both fish utilize relatively shallow water OR deeper water, depending on water clarity. I have never seen any of those fish spawn at water depths deeper than a secchi disk reading..