Bruce we have stocked ponds in Indiana and Illinois with great success. I had a customer a while back from up there that had stocked GG's 4 years prior and had already caught a 4 1/2 pounder. The Northern US has a shorter growing period than the south, but I am sure with good water quality and supplemental feed (aeration also a bonus) there would be no problems. In fact I personally have only had one really upset customer, and he was from Cape Girardeau, Mich. He lost most of his fish, but his pond was only 3 foot deep, and it completely iced over (he used no type of aeration).
We have actually had such good luck up in that area that we had to set up a dealer. Water temp. does not appear to have an effect as long as you have good depth and oxygen (like any other fish).
Sunil that is correct. I was not around when the pic was taken, but I have seen ones in direct comparision with this one (we go to Expo with fish every year). Also you will notice the ruler is backwards but remember that these pics were transferred from slides so the pics are backwards.
By the way that is the same fish in each pic, just from a different angle.
Deb
