S-tarpon - As with growing other sportfish, first establish your food base. Then the numbers of sportfish to stock depends on what sizes you intend to initially stock and how fast you want to start harvesting fish. Also feeding the fish pellets affects how many can be stocked and maintained in the pond.
If you decide to stock all fish at once then this dramatically affects how many forage fish you initially stock. Lots of variables including use of pond dye can enter the stocking picture
Normal or average stocking (0.5 acre) - Spring 200-300 adults (2.25-2.5" = 150-200/lb) before water temp is 64F.. Allow to spawn all summer. If you stock minnows and sportfish together then stock about 40 to 60 lbs of minnows / 0.5 ac. A 0.5 ac pond should be able to grow about 40 -50 lbs of minnows in one summer.
Fall 05 or Spring 06 Stock perch fingerlings approx 200 / 0.5 ac.
Fall 06 or spring 07 Stock 20 -25 SMB fingerlings.
Thin perch and SMB based on how many forage fish are present.
