800bman, welcome to the forum.

How many surface acres of lakes and ponds would you guess that you're wanting to stock, and what predators are you wanting to grow forage for?

If I was to build new hatchery ponds, the first thing I would do is start window shopping for a commercial net. Several very good companies out there, and my experience has been that the ability to get fish out of a hatchery pond as easily as possible may be priority number one. Determine what size net you want or need, then build all the hatchery ponds to match the net. I've repeatedly kicked myself for not doing that here.


AL