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I have a 1 acre pond that I've been wanting to stock but not sure which direction to go.

It's only about 9 feet deep.

I've fished it for a year now and also threw a cast net to get a feel for what's in it.

Fishing isn't great, very inconsistent some days can't catch anything.

Have caught 10-12 inch bass, have caught a few 4-6 pounders.

Have caught 3-4 sizes of crappie ranging from a few inches to 12-13 inches.

Also has bullhead/polywog catfish in it.

Have also seen and caught 2 species of perch. Cast netted shad.

Lots of evidence of crawdads and have caught a lot of crawdads.

Fish that are caught do look healthy.

I want to improve the fishing.

I just don't know which direction to go with the current fish I have.

Channel cat?
Bass?
Crappie?

The fact that there are already crappie in it and seem to be the most populated fish I have a hard time thinking I'll be able to really grow a good number of large bass.

However, everything I read says crappie are hard to keep in pond.

I'd like to make it an awesome crappie pond if possible.

Thoughts?

My daughter also caught a few of these

Well Minnows must be the way to go. These were just a few of what we caught today.

Three sizes of crappie and 3 sizes of bass.

Only caught 6 or so bass 1-2 pounds with the one that was probably 3-4 pounds.

Crappie ranged from 5-6 inches, 8-9 inches and the one that was 13.5 inches.