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?