Hey King welcome to the PBF! Your D.O. issue is your biggest problem at this point. If you going to have a system put in some guys put one in the middle of the pond and one in the shallow about 1/3 the depth of your pond in the winter. Where your at you may want to consider Walleye in your pond! Unless you just have to have Bass! Either one would do the job on the Golden Shiners. Like you said though get your T's crossed and your I's dotted before you put any fish in there. Get a water sample taken maybe a soil sample and see what your dealing with. If you get your D.O. right and your water is still waaaay to acidic or way to alkaline you could still have trouble.

The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!