The fish stocking phase of building a pond is actually quite small compared to other aspects of getting a pond up and running. I would suggest against having the DNR stock your pond if you can swing the cost of stocking it yourself. They're going to stock their numbers, without taking your goals into consideration. That's one reason. There are others, but that is a big one. Whereabouts in Iowa are you? Did you answer that already?

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