Update on my fish truck experience:
The StockMyPond fish truck was scheduled to stop at the Tractor Supply store in Mineral Wells,Tx at 2:00-3:00 PM Thursday 5/7. It arrived about 15 minutes late. I was the first of six people to be served. The driver stood at ground level and took orders and collected payment while his assistant up on the truck scooped fish into plastic bags and added oxygen. Purchasers had no way of seeing into the fish tanks. Place your order, pay, move to back of truck and assistant hands you bags of fish. Based on this lack of visibility, I opted only to buy 10lbs. of FH minnows at $15/lb. The minnows looked active and healthy and the water was much colder than I expected. I drove an hour to my pond and mixed pond water into the two bags and slowly introduced them to their new home. There were fewer than 25 dead minnows.
My plans going further:
My pond is only about 1/3 filled since the liner was installed. Rain forecast is optimistic for next two weeks. I am fortunate that the North Paluxy river crosses my property and with some effort I can pump water from it into my pond.I also have a windmill that runs continuously to battle evaporation loss.
I plan to focus on FH reproduction and then introduce Hybrid Blue Gill and Green Sun Fish and native Black Bass caught from the river. I intend to be selective and patient. Thanks for reading.
In another post titled DIY Forage Pond Liner, I offered free trimmings left over from my liner project. So far I have had no takers. Based on what I paid for the liner, these pieces represent more than $1300 worth of 30mil BTL liner material. If you have any interest send me a PM.
https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=579014#Post579014
