I can only find Trout for sale in this state. The state of Maine has made it illegal to bring in live fish (of any type) from out of state. I have to catch the fish wild in Maine waters and stock the pond. Tedious process. It also requires the proper permitting from the state. Mainers seem to like to micromanage themselves.

I also don't get the trout thing. I hear over and over from locals that Brook Trout are the greatest eating fresh water fish around. I'd probably vote for Crappie.

The issues up here are that Bass, Pike, Perch, Crappie etc (these are called exotics here) are all non-native fish to Maine. The old Mainers will routinely throw all of above on the bank for the coons. The younger people are starting to fish for bass in greater numbers, however. The state is trying to stop introducing of exotics to area that does not have current populations of bass, perch etc. Anyway, I'm going to give the perch/SMB combo a try as these fish are in my watershed and I can be legal in the eyes of Maine's bureaucrats.

Last summer, I took a long lunch went 5 mins down the road to a Hydro dam. I stood on the bank next to an eddy right behind the dam and caught 36 SMB of various sizes in 45 mins. Great fun.

Thanks for your advice, it has been very helpful.