10 foot deep pond?
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While stocking tons of minnows and/or mosquitofish may seem like a good idea in theory or in a zoo, it doesn't work quite as well in reality in a pond unless there are areas where the smaller forage fish can find shelter from the larger predatory fish. Even with these sheltered areas, the minnows and mosquitofish will most likely get completely wiped out.
Instead, be sure to mainly stock sunfish, preferably bluegill. They'll serve as the main forage base for the bigger predatory fish such as bass, catfish, and walleye. The greater the sunfish to predatory fish ratio is, the bigger your predatory fish will be. You should expect to see many small sunfish and a few really nice-sized predatory fish if you go this route for stocking. If you choose to stock more predatory fish and less sunfish than this, then expect to see larger sunfish and smaller predatory fish.
Just my two cents from experience while preparing to stock my own large pond and then watching how the fish subsequently grew and multiplied.
Instead, be sure to mainly stock sunfish, preferably bluegill. They'll serve as the main forage base for the bigger predatory fish such as bass, catfish, and walleye. The greater the sunfish to predatory fish ratio is, the bigger your predatory fish will be. You should expect to see many small sunfish and a few really nice-sized predatory fish if you go this route for stocking. If you choose to stock more predatory fish and less sunfish than this, then expect to see larger sunfish and smaller predatory fish.
Just my two cents from experience while preparing to stock my own large pond and then watching how the fish subsequently grew and multiplied.
well he want to go fishing over the summer. 
He hopes to get a catfish or a big bass. I am just going to catch the easy stuff. 
He hopes to get a catfish or a big bass. I am just going to catch the easy stuff. I would add some Muskie and Bowfin. Then add a crap load of crayfish to the pond. Walleye are delicious tho. 
yup he is going to go to a pond shop to see if they sell them...fishloaf666;4793589; said:I would add some Muskie and Bowfin. Then add a crap load of crayfish to the pond. Walleye are delicious tho.
Minnows or guppies would actually work fine. I had a smaller pond that I put Greensunfish and Bluegill in. I dumped a bunch of guppies in it for them to eat and some guppies survived and reproduced and lasted for years. I could hear the sunfish splashing around at night eating them but they never wiped the guppies out. One time I went out and didnt see any guppies and I thought they were finally all gone. Then a month later I would see them all over. It was kinda funny. 13-15 sunfish in that pond and they couldnt wipe out all the guppies, they just reproduce so fast. I really enjoyed that pond, we bought a new house last year, I really need to build another, much bigger of course.
