Puchased my house with just under 1/2 acre pond last summer (2017). Found out the previous owner stocked the pond with LMB, two White Amur and a variation of BG in 2014 (have the list but not handy right now.) He had the stocking company doing 10lbs of shiners and 10lbs of minnows every spring & fall.
Last summer I purchased a 40lb bag of Optimal and hand fed regularly into fall and had a little left in Spring but have since been distracted from the pond. I called the company he had been using and got back onto a schedule of forage fish. However, they are a few weeks out for delivery putting the forage stock into at least Mid-November here in NE Ohio. Is it too late? Will the forage fish die over winter? Or should I go ahead and have them put in.. ?
The pond is aerated. I pull the diffuser near shore over winter, and will sometimes turn it off for a few weeks to let the pond freeze over so the kids can skate.
Last edited by Ibanez540r; 11/06/18 02:17 PM.
