RAH,
CP and SMB are supposed to be compatible in the same BOW. Both prefer cool, clear water, but one prefers shallow, weedy water, and the other prefers deeper water with a sandy or rocky bottom, or so I've read. I have no personal pond experience with either. But if you have 3 ponds and can dedicate one to each of the 3 species, that sounds like the way to go.
RC51,
I lived within a few miles of the 11 pt River, which flows out of MO into AR, until I moved last year. I always thought it looked like a good SMB stream, but didn't learn it is a CP fishery until after I moved. For various reaons, I never fished it.
