Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking HSB

You will love them. If they go into the pond healthy, and if you don't over-stress them when you catch them in hot weather, they will grow into fantastic fun and delicious meals.

I have them in two of my ponds. I usually purchase 25 in the springtime in the 8-10 inch range. I put them in every second season. If you put some in now, you will be able to start harvesting this fall.

These days, fifteen go into my 0.7 acre pond and which is about 8-9 feet deep with an average of about a 4-5 foot average depth. The remaining 10 go into my 0.3 acre pond that has a maximum depth of 5-6 feet and has a steep V-shaped bottom that is flat enough on the bottom to seine with a 20-foot seine.

They take feed very readily. They grow fast. They co-exist extremely well with the other fish.

By fall mine are usually 18-22 inches. In my ponds they top out the second year at about 22 to 26 inches.

Good luck,
Ken