Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Stocking Wild Caught Fish

""if I stocked in this years hatch"". It all depends. I have done exactly what you described above including moving them into a RES indoor system for winter. I assume you mean by this yrs hatch, you mean the 2006 year class; YOY fish. Well how big are those fish when stocked? YOY SMB at year's end can be 1.75" to 4" and up to 6" long. It all depends. If stocking fingerling and juvenile fish into a cage and raised in proper conditions in early spring, expect them to double in size, plus or minus a inch or two. Look for my upcoming articles about building and raising fish cages in PBoss mags of 2007.