OK this post goes out to the Texas boys. I have been paying 9.85 a pound for shiners here in southern Ohio and I have talked to Anderson Minnow Farm in Texas. The guy was extremely nice and I am going to try his way of supplying the food chain. My pond is 4 years old and in very good shape. I buy shiners (22 lbs) every spring and fall(1.5 acres). I can buy 250,000 fry from Anderson's for $250.00. I asked about tank raising them in the basement for a period of time and he didn't like the idea. He wants them in the pond with a nice algea bloom of about 4ft. Has anyone tried this before? Any one up north tried this?