Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Adding HSB into Grandpa's farm pond?

jason, welcome to the forum!

Before you stock any fish, I would double check the depth of the pond and do an assessment on the predator/prey balance in the pond. For instance if the bass are stunted, that means that there isn't enough food to go around to grow the predators that are already in the pond. So adding another predator would be a bad idea.

Even if there are enough forage fish in the pond, I would wait until the end of September to start stocking fish. The water is too hot now, and transporting/acclimating/stocking the fish during the summer really puts a lot of stress on them. You could have them all die within a week just due to the stress of being hauled and stocked in warm weather.