My first and last post on this site was about 5 years ago when I wass looking for property to retire to and build a pond on. Well I finally found what I was looking for in western Kentucky, about 45 minutes northwest of Bowling Green. I bought 74 acres of heavily wooded property and cleared about 3 to 4 acres for the home site, gardens, and of course a pond. The pond is about .25 of an acre, I plan on learning from my mistakes on this pond and then build another one that will be about 2 acres.
O.K. now my question. The pond is probably full or close to it(I am still living in Chicago because my house has not sold yet)with the rain that the internet says they have been getting, so I called the closest fish hatchery to the property asking about BG, RES, and FH and the man said that they do not have any at this time because it is a bad time of year to stock a pond. What would the problem be with stocking fish in July or August? I wanted to get them in the pond let them grow, winter over and spawn in the spring so that I could stock the LMB next summer. Should I just wait until fall?
Even though I have not posted anything in years, I spend alot of time on this site and I have learned alot. This is an awesome site.