Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Stocking smallmouth and largemouth

Hey Mark,

In my opinion I think you will be ok with both LMB and SMB as long as you have enough water depth to avoid issues in the winter or super-heating of the water in the summer. You may find that one does better then the other after a few years and could vary your stocking rates/strain based on these findings. We of course have all four seasons here, sometimes in extremes and both LMB and SMB do fairly well, although SMB seem to be prevalent. I cannot speak on FLA. strain LMB however.