SherWood, are you certain that you got rid of all the 'old' fish?
Also, what makes you think you won't be able to get fish after this Spring '22? Just due to your schedule, or other factors?
I want to set up my pond as a supplemental food source. I am trying to convert my property in order to help us supplement our needs. I raise chickens and ducks and grow a lot of food already and I am expanding on that. Frogs and fish would be a huge bonus.
The reason I am not going to count too far ahead is that I have a bad feeling we could be facing some sort of crisis with the way things seem to be trending in our nation and in the world. I could go into a list of hypothetical scenarios but I don't want to be disrespectful to this community by taking a conversation elsewhere other than the focus of ponds, fish etc..
