Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Stocking fish into muddy water, waste of money?

Hey Jack,

Not to worry about the mud. One of my best fishing days ever was in a muddy 2 year old pond. It was in February, so I didn't catch any bream. But we caught some nice bass and lots of slab-sized crappie.

I guess that once a pond settles for 30 days, the remaining muddiness is harmless to the fish. There is far less mud than it appears. The clay particles are kept in a very even suspension by an equal electrical charge between the clay and water, not because of huge amounts of mud.

If you stock very small bass, just make sure there are plenty of insects, baby FH, or BG for forage. I hope to find and stock bass large enough to eat grown FH.