Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Stocking bullheads and other low DO fish

I've bucket stocked about 20 BG, a couple warmouth and maybe a dozen RES this spring, and three 10-12" LMB a couple months ago for crowd control. Along with the BH and GSF that just showed up, partially due to hurricane Harvey and "natural causes", Ive now got a very diverse mix of fish. Hand feeding a mixture of Game Fish Chow and Aquamax 500 once a day. I'm now seeing BG and GSF in the 7" range and lots of 3-5" fish. The BH I see and catch are between 6-10". Haven't spent a dime on fish, just on pond maintainance (500# of ag lime from TSC) and feed, and fully expect to start harvesting some nice sunfish by next spring. The only major expense I'm planning is on aeration, and think I can get that done for around $500.

I guess what I'm saying is....it definitely can be done on a very small budget. Get yourself a bag of feed and let the kids start hand feeding. They'll love it as much as catching them, and you'll grow some really nice fish to eat.