I have a question; I live in Minnesota and have a very small pond in my back yard (4'wide X 20'long and 4' deep)for you guys this is not even a pond but a pail.
Anyhoo, I am wondering if it would be possible to raise rainbow trout for a season. My intention is to probably just fish them out during the year and not overwinter them or really try and raise them, just fish them. It has excellent aeration but it does get a bit warm. Is this just a pipe dream or is it possible? If not is there another species that could handle these conditions?
Thanks
If you're NOT going to make it a flow through pond with aerated well water than it is pipe dream (year around that is). However one thing you have going for you is a smaller a pond is easier keep it cool as you won't have to flow through as much water (less pumping).
As far as overwintering them it's usually easier to overwinter trout than it is to oversummer them for obvious reasons.
