Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Stocking Mature Bass

Another option would be to stock larger feed-trained LMB. They could be supported with appropriately sized Aquamax until the forage base was fully developed. I don't know of a source close to Ohio, but then I've never looked for them.

Anyone remember where Tony Stewart got his large, feed-trained LMB from for his place in (eastern) Indiana?

Personally, I would not want to stock large numbers of wild forage from several species unless I had the identification skills of a Bill Cody. I would be too afraid of getting the wrong species of fish or crawdads. If you get Rusty Crayfish introduced, you could probably forget about having any noticeable plant life in the pond.