burton welcome to the PBF, sounds like you have some experience with ponds.

I'm not as optimistic about trout in stickleback's ponds, he mentioned 1/4 acre ponds 12ft. deep and only supplied by rain runoff. In his part of WA. he said summer temps regularly in the 80's & 90's which would warm up a small pond in a hurry.
He could cool it with well water which some people do who raise trout, but without someway to cool it I think the odds would be against trout.

Last edited by adirondack pond; 03/02/11 08:54 PM.