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Jeffery - as Sunil says contact several local (within 50 mi) bait shops for your ability to buy some fatheads when the shop receives an order for maybe a quantity discount if you buy 3 to 6 pounds. Numbers per pound will depend on sizes of the minnows. If small 1.5" = 730/lb and if 2" = 300/lb. Expect to pay $14-$16 /lb. If these are the first fish into the pond then 3 lbs will be plenty as a stocker brood source to reproduce all summer for then adding sportfish in the fall. If you are adding FHM as some supplemental forage fish then boost the stocking up to 5 to 7 lbs. Note 10 lbs of minnows adds about 1 total pound of predator fish weight to all the pond fish - not really the best way to improve the pond's carrying capacity of sportfish. Fathead Minnows to feed 12"+ bass are just a very short term snack - do not expect to see any of the FHM next year.