GPR, get Frank to tell you about fertilzing a pond with "too much" watershed. With 40 acres into a 1.5 acre pond 27 acres watershed/surface acre of pond, that is in my opinion too high to get good returns on fertilizer time and cost invesment. To answer we sell a water soluble powder 10-52-4 that in most situations works out to be cheaper and much easier to apply thant either granular, or liquid and much cheaper than time release.
On DNR fish I thought you could not ge them until fall of 2007? They will provide them if you have bass and a waste if you have bas, so my plan was to stock enough now to get bass theis spring. If you do not get the water I think you will get then yes buy a few from us if you like then get the state cheaper fish and then by 2008 the bass will grow like wildfire. Of course keep in mind you lost a year of growth on them this way. We mostly sell coppernose not native bluegill. They seem to feed better and are more agressive biting as well. Not a huge fan of gambusia b/c I only stock the FH anyway for initial growth of bass, what good is a 1 inch fish to a 3 lb bass, very little, but feel free to get some it will not hurt that is for sure.
