Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose stocking 7 acre pond in ga

Another thing about stocking FHM, is that you have to have habitat for them to reproduce. Yes, they will try to reproduce on about anything, but they do best where the female can lay her eggs on the underside of things and the male guards them until they hatch.

FHM only live 2-3 years, so that's another reason why you don't see them much past a few years after initial stocking - no habitat to reproduce in sufficient numbers to sustain a population. Once the stockers get eaten, that's all.

I like to stock in the 300-400 count/lb range that way they can get with the reproduction program asap. Golden Shiners reproduce in the Spring so if stocked at 3" long fish June/Nov they will reproduce the following spring, again if there is suitable habitat for them to utilize for reproduction.