Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Why HSB and not Stripers?

Ryan, ODNR wanted a small lake that was chock full of shad to use so they could easily catch true stripers to use for the HSB egg fertilization at the hatcheries, this is why the lake was used, shallow, full of bait fish,easy to recapture and since it is used for that purpose, it gets a "double stocking" just like Clear fork with muskies, and CJ for Walleyes, The state also stocked a ton of Golden Shiners as well to help supplement them.
Weather they do well or not, isnt the issue, with the heavy stocking to make it easy to procure them its easier then to raise them as brood stock, just using a small lake as a hatchery pond. This also makes the state look like a good guy and when they over stock lakes, it not always for the publics purpose. I have a bunch of friends who have in the past or still work with DNR so know this as a fact.

Salmonid