Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Can you stock Peacock Bass?

IBFishing, do you realize how many fun, interesting and innovative things you can do with a lake your size. Free yourself of the constraints of needing fish to eat and depending on natural reproduction.

Raise huge HSB.

Experiment with all male BG, RES, Georgia Giants, Hybrid Crappie and lots of other species, hybrids and combinations of members of the sunfish family. Look at the incredible things Bruce Condello is doing with lakes the size of yours.

Put in just a very few female LMB, feed the dickens out of them and see just how big you can get them.

Have a catfish pond.

As long as you don't expect natural reproduction, you could have an incredible mixed species fishery of over a dozen species.

Pick out some species that are native to Texas but are seldom raised such as Headwater Catfish, Yellow Bass, Flier, Spotted Bass, Guadalupe Bass, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish or Rio Grande Cichlid. Then raise a state or world record fish in your lake.

Some other people can add to this list but you really can do some fun things with a lake your size.

Yes Norm, I know there's lots of fun to be had. I cant wait to get something large growing. I will not be wanting to grow fish to eat, heck I fish lakes 3 or 4 days a week and no problem with fish in the freezer. I do like the sound of Hybrid Bass I love to catch them all summer long at the local lakes around hear. In the begginning I really just wanted to Raise double digit bass by only adding 25 to 30 and loads of BG. And that may end up what happens. But I really do like the sound of record perch. Thanks for the ideas.

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IBFishing, let the fun begin! So many people on this forum are doing so many interesting and innovative things. It's great to add you to the list. Keep us informed of all your thinking.