IBF,

Even selling the farm, unless it has oil \:\) , probably wouldn't be enough. You are talking about a minimum of .5 million gallons of water to heat in the open air. In East Texas, we are at or below 60F water temps most of Dec, Jan, Feb and parts of Nov. and March. Find yourself property down in the valley and you might have a chance. Snook have returned to south Texas and they are really temp intolerant. Peacock might make it there in a pond.