Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose pike?

JAWBONE- You might want to read the article in the May-June issue of Pond Boss titled "Threat of Bass Virus Spills into Michigan". I too used to transplant large bass from other lakes into my pond thinking I could get a head start on building a stable population of larger bass. No more-- the chance of wiping out my entire population by transplanting just one infected fish is not worth it to me. I'll just keep feeding the 'gills and with selective harvest of the bass let 'em get as big as their going to get on their own.

I used to take my boat from the pond to other lakes too, but I don't do that anymore either. Besides, it was a good excuse to get another complete fishing rig, and of course it just happened to be bigger, faster and nicer than the older one. Sometimes ya just gotta make sacrifices, ya know?

Dan