Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Help with new pond

Donnie:

Your original stocking plan sounds good to me.

Don't sweat too much about having 10% of your BG being hybrids. I stocked 200 BG and 200 HBG 3 years ago; I did not see a HBG all last year, and no BG offspring in the pond have been observed with GSF traits. I will probably always have some GSF genes in the pond, as will you, but BG out reproduce the hybrids by a very large margin. If all you ever stocked was HBG, and your management practices favored GSF traits, you might have to worry about seeing some virtual GSF in the future. Otherwise, it should not be a problem.

I am a little worried about there being enough forage for your 12 LMB and possibly the CC. Could you tell us what size all the fish were stocked at (I'm assuming fairly small)? Does your 3 month old pond have an observable population of volunteer invertabrates (snails, bug, etc.) for the fingerlings to eat? Are you feeding pellets or planning too? This info will help us guess whether your LMB (and CC) will have enough to eat for a while or if they are gonna be huring for food.

I would try to get some pure BG in the pond to help with the forage base soon if I were you.