I'm not a big fisherman, but my BIL & nephews are, so they've been hitting my pond off and on the last year or so. Have had the property 5 yrs and don't know who stocked what in the past. Only been catching largemouth bass and a couple of bluegills. Have seen a koi, catfish and have been looking into stocking it with perch as I love the taste.

Anyway, this past weekend my nephew caught a perch (see attached). I was pretty happy as I figure there's more than one in there and it will save me the trouble of stocking it. It was pretty good size.

Seems like the pond is overstocked with bass, though. But since we fish from shore, I'm not sure what the perch population is like in the deeper areas. Need to get a boat and do some fishing in the middle, I guess.