Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Natural Pond, thing of the past?

Guys there are lots of opinions and science to address this topic. A recent PB Cutting Edge article addressed some of them as to stocking feed trained LMB into waters with other adult LMB and predators. Some studies address the stocking of feed trained fish into waters where they will compete with non feed trained fish. They don't do very well in that situation. Keep in mind most of this is about the carrying capacity of the water instead of just the fish. If you overstock all natural fish they will do poorly. The most often encountered problem in most fisheries studied and reported on on by scientists is the lack of adequate food for the fish. These are natural waters being studied. The most common result of low food resources is out of balance populations. Keeping fish populations balanced with adequate food for health and growth is like trying to balance on the edge of a knife blade - very hard. Doing so is the exception not the norm.

The most important thing is to have your facts ,goals , water and management plans work together. There is no one correct answer to each situation - everyone is different.