I see no problem with threadfins or any other "tool". Someday the water temps will go below 42 degrees and they will die. Okay, that's a risk and risk is something we live with in all of our daily decisions. Most of our "ponding" decisions that stray from typical BG, LMB and CC stockings are weather or environmental related. Even standard stockings make assumptions that we don't bother to quantify.

Want tilapia for forage? What happens if the water temps don't go below 54 degrees for a couple of years? The risk is there but not likely.

Lusk recently told me about threadfins in Sherman Wymans lake. He lost about 1/4 of them when water temps reached 42 degrees for only 15 minutes. I'm sure he knew the risk and accepted it.

As long as we understand what we are doing and make informed decisions when we manage a pond I don't see a problem. Stocking of forage tilapia this year means we had better plan on stocking them next year. All tools are part of a management plan. Sometimes Mother Nature is guaranteed to throw us a curve ball.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa