Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Hybrid Black Crappie vs Bass in new Pond

LMB will likely over predate YP (and RES). My choice would be SMB, however that depends on your location. (The "Bluffton" location link goes to South Carolina, and I am completely ignorant as to SMB prospects that far South. Someone here should know much better than me. And your pond's particulars - elevation? spring fed? - will have impacts.)

Delaying predator stocking has merit; exact timing will depend on the stocked sizes of your forage and predators.

There are posts here (somewhere) on hybrid Crappie. IIRC they are capable of reproducing.