If you're planning the perch mainly as a food source, check out the May-June issue of pond boss on cage culture. I believe it was written by Mr. Cody and definety take his advice on reevaluating you management plan. It's going to take a lot of forage to feed all those predators. My pond is very similar to yours, used for the same purposes. 1/2 acre with aeration and supplemental feeding. I stocked less than 1/3 the predators as you and more than twice as many forage fish. Now into year five I'm getting a little concerned if I can continue producing enough forage.
