Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Fla Hybrid LMB in Northern Ponds

Imoore, F-1 hybrids are nearly as cold tolerant as northern LMB are. From my experiences in stocking the F-1's, you would be better off with pure Northerns as far north as you are. The southern part of Iowa is about as far as you can stock F-1s and potentially get a VERY slightly bigger end result.

You won't hurt anything stocking F-1's, but I don't believe you would gain anything from them either. If you stock your pond with northerns first, you could always add a few F-1's in a few years to add some genetic diversity to your LMB