Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Walleye to stock?

Stocker walleye are very rare to find in spring. Stockers as 5"-11" fish are most always sold in fall. Those in the smaller size range(4"-7") are raised in crowded conditions and those 7"-11" are the preferred size and produced by IMO by the 'better' fish farms who do not over crowd their fish.

Smallies will reproduce in your pond and you will have more management effort with them keeping them from overeating your minnow-crayfish community then your YP population could decline from its current high quality. However you will produce quality smallmouth if you don't allow them to become too numerous.