Comments are on the mark about not being able to grow very many sportfish in a small 1/4 ac pond. Using pellet trained fish will boost the number and size of adults providing you don't let them become overabundant. As I mentioned above using pellet trained stocker fish is good but one usually has to deal with their offspring who are not pellet trained and non-pellet eaters resort to feeding on small fish and invertebtates; skewing the small pond fishery toward fewer and smaller fish. Periodically restocking some pellet trained fish and harvesting the 'fish eaters' helps keep the average size and numbers higher.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/12/10 05:44 PM.
