Ok maybe back to the drawing board. ML what are the chances of you digging a smaller pond, say .25 to .50 acres to designate for a crappie pond. If that is feasable then you could possibly go back to my original plan of stocking loads of Gambusia in the Spring, following with hybrid crappie in the Winter, then adding a bass predator the following Spring. That small of a pond should be easy enough to maintain. Just don't forget the high forage base.
