tylerd1994
I'm also in Ohio and looking to not pellet feed, i.e., build or restock forage as necessary but within limits!
So, in this forum I found a great reference source on finding locations to trap or 'collect' forage fish and their eggs.
So let's say your pond is in Greenville, Ohio
45331 is the important bit.
Go here and plug (
your) zipcode into the Watershed:
http://fishmap.org/watershed.html - note some zipcodes have multiple watersheds so all you do is click on a watershed until the you have the one where your pond is located.
From there you find your watershed by clicking one after the other until your map comes up with your pond.
Once you have that up, you can look below it and if every species of finfish observed is listed by common name. Simply scroll down to the species you're interested in and click it.
Click that species.... it brings up all observations and breaks that into native, historic and introduced.
Zoom into your watershed and the locations where it's been documented by whom and when shows up.
Select a location and zoom in.... It shows, usually a common access area to possibly put a trap or egg collection up. The intersection of Holler Rd. and West Branch Greenville Creek
You can bet I'll be doing this as I found access to a stream that has populations of both SFS and BNM.
Be well...