B-meister, thanks for the input, I assume your pond is not in H-town if you are buying fish over here. The problem is the smaller hatcheries are not on the web so it's hard to locate any that are close. LSU ag center's list is very short and MSU's is mostly, MS. I assume the one in Lumberton is Slade's, I drive past there once or twice a week for work, so I might check them out sometime. I would like to believe that if I could pick the fish up at the hatchery and have them back to my pond in a couple of hours that would be best. It also seemed like Dunn's was one of the most expensive. I think Delta/Dixie's other farm is in Houma which is further than the ones in MS.
