I have them in our 4+ acre lake in SE South Dakota and they are a tremendous game fish. You are right, they fight just like redfish in salt water and taste just as good. In SD, they are considered a nongame fish and so Game, Fish and Parks gave me a bunch and I love them. Their forage is the same as channel catfish. I dond't know of any one raising them so you will probably have to get them from the wild. As your state fisheries dept. for help. They probably will not reproduce in a small pond but don't let anyone talk you out of them.


Norm Kopecky