goldfish are illegal here in Gerogia as i undertand it. I dont think putting them into a backyard pond is going to get visit from the state DNR but stocking several thousand into a sportfishing pond for forage might. One post mentioned goldfishes tendency to eat their own eggs. if they eat their own eggs I'll assume they eat the eggs of other fish as well, which could cause fish population problems in the long run.
Tyw33, dont beat yourself up. your thinking is right on the money as far as growing trophy bass. you can diversify the food chain with non game fish and get very impressive bass growth. you can do it in ponds far smaller than 50 acres. I stocked several thousand threadfin shad into a pond yesterday for this purpose. but the pond owners objective is clear, grow the largest bass possible. he has no concern with numbers of harvestable size bluegill, bluegill to him are simply forage for his bass. when used in this context threadfin shad are great. they spawn like crazy, multiple times during the summer and dont get too large for bass to eat.
