Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Smallmouth bass in farm pond

+1 I agree with Sunil. Fish born acclimated to a pond environment would be best. In my case, I did not have access to pond or lake SMB so I stocked river fish. They seem to be doing well but IMO pond raised would probably do even better. We stocked a few 6 inch SMB 3 years ago and a few more 6 inchers 2 years ago. We caught nice 14 to 16+ inchers this past summer in the pond. Also caught one 5 inch so looks like we are getting at least minimal recruitment which is a little surprising as there are also LMB in the pond.