Well, frustration is slowly starting to set in. I've called hatcheries within 3 hrs. drive on the list and none have both the perch/ SMB for stocking. (Hicklings was washed out with the flooding, others have either stopped raising SMB due to lack of demand and others have just closed up shop due to regulations). Next week we will be renting a cottage on a near by lake and our mission of the week is to see how many perch we can get into the pond. I'll post up the results. I caught 3 small SMB last night from a local trib and stocked (slow going).
At this point I'm still building the food chain by traping crayfish from local creeks. This is going very well and I'm averaging 20 nice crayfish at a time. I've found the magic bait (chunked lake trout). How many of these critters should I stock in the 1 acre pond?
I'll keep posting results, Chris
