Fish bird what kind of pond do you have? In West Virginia I have seen a lot of quarries and gravel pits that have small mouths as top predator but very few earth ponds. I imagine if you have small mouth, chain pickerel would have no problem adapting. They both exist in some creeks I like to fish. On the Ohio DNR web site they have a list of fish farms in the state. None of them list pickerel because the state doesn�t recommend them for stocking. That�s not to say that none of those farms sell pickerel.