I really just want to learn, I do not see how stocking a river strain native walleye in to a small impoundment with little to no flow will prove anything. I do not think that native smallmouths would do any good there as they as they would at lake linville at Mount vernon with the structure that is there with no flow. It would seem that if you wished to pick a lake for an experiment laurel would be the one to choose instead of a creek pond. Or even better, try it where they came from and see what happens, Why not try?? It has not been tried for a long time and the old reasons are OLD and continue to be OLD. Stock the native strain with todays knowledge in the lakes where they came from and then if they fail to deliver, If stocked like stripers, then so be it,If they can't live in the lake as they have proven that they can.