And add 20-30 lbs of fathead minnows with the bluegill if it is new

You don't want regular black/white crappie in a 6ac pond.Look into "magnolia"crappie they are a hybrid that can't reproduce.

No they will not spawn,relocation will require an acclimation period(next season maybe)
I have a large 30+acre pond I stocked with public lake crappie brood fish (1.5-2+lb)within 5 yrs solid 3lb fish
are very common.
It will take many more then just 25 to get solid business underway,adding fish every season is what I did.I didnt add any bass until after the 5th year to give the crappie a dominate presence.
A few really "pig" flathead cats seem to have all things in order.

A flathead will eat everything really quickly in a 6 acre pond.....I personally think black crappie will be fine as long as you have plenty of healthy channel cats to keep the crappie numbers down, you don't feel bad about keeping 8-9" fish, and your forage base is good.

Great reading guys!

Great information guys. I really appreciate everyone's advice. I think what I need to do now is to start stocking it with some breams and channel cats...

About to do the same thing with two ponds on our place. Only I am going to relocate catfish. Both ponds have perch, but we haven't caught anything else out of them.

yep no blues or flatties ....no bass ////just channels will take care of it
and don't overharvest the big kats ...they aint eaters anyway
if you feed the gills they will make enough of food for everyone
and the big blacks will prey on everything including the lil crappie
like I posted before you should have some very nice fish in 2 years
and some really big fish the third year ....
the original brood stock will have a few exceptional fish in it
the only minnows I would introduce are the local bank skeeter eaters
they provide prey for the small crappie and gills
and keep the bugs in check as well
some folks introduce golden shiners
but they tend to compete with the panfish
and don't reproduce enough times per year

I see that some need to take pond management 101 again. Geeezzzzz!

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whatever bro

I would do this.

Dunns

Not only that they are great to talk to.

I learned a long time ago if you have to ask if its legal there is a good chance it isn't.
License holders and the sportsman's tax go to support tpwd and its stocking efforts and programs.
The way I see it is you are taking state (taxpayers) property and making it yours by stocking in a private pond.
So my taxes are paying for your crappie for your private pond. We could call it CrappieCare

Also as someone has raised and bred lots tropical fish there are many variables to take into consideration when relocating fish. Water Hardness, Ph, healthy bacterial colonies, oxygen saturation etc...

I think it would be best to start off with some 2-3inch crappie or smaller then you could get them feeding on pellets check out this article for more info on pellets.

crappie pellets

But if he can catch and eat your (taxpayer) fish, then why can't he catch them and keep them alive.. That makes no sense whatsoever.

Because he is putting them where the general public doesn't have access to them.

But the general public does not have access to me freezer...