Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose On Mutt Pond

Good point. I was thinking more about extra biomass in the pond over the winter and not getting anything out of it. My thought was, let the fish farm worry about keeping them alive over the winter and you would be stocking the stronger survivors in the spring.

So, using your YP as an example, if your fish farm has 2 to 3 inch YP available for spring stocking, these are 1 year old fish (spawned previous spring). How big should a YP be in a year if it is not pellet trained? Is a 3 inch fish a runt? Would 3 to 5 inch YP be better to spring stock as these are probably the faster growing fish that are also 1 year old? Then there is the concern the fish farm sorted the YP and the smaller are mostly male and the larger are mostly female so do you stock two sizes?

Seems there is a lot more to stocking the game fish in your pond than just calling up the fish farm and stocking sizes that won't be snacks for the other fish.