Brad,

You happen to be located close to one of the very best pro pond managers anywhere...Bob Waldrop, Tyler Fish Farms. He was selected to manage President Bush's pond in Crawford. He prefers to work with larger ponds such as yours. I have found him to be extremely knowledgable and helpful...but as you might expect, he is also a very busy man.

I've discussed threadfin shad with him and he refuses to even attempt stocking them in small ponds less than about 8 acres. His theory is that you must have several large areas of deep water or you can not sustain them due to LMB predation...your pond sounds like a good fit to that.