Rich if your going to stock this spring you might want to apply for your fish stocking permit now, you can call the Warrensburg DEC office and they will send you the form, many fish farms won't sell you fish if you don't have a permit, also if your not sure what type of trout you want list all of them on your application, here's the link.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/stockingform.pdf

Here's a list of fish hatcheries in NY, but many of them have gone out of business. You can get Rainbows, Brook, Brown, Golden,and Tiger trout in NY, if you have any trouble locating what you want give me a yell.
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/Pond/NYDEC_2007_Private_Hatchery_List.htm

As far as feeding trout you can see how nice and fat Esshup's Rainbows have gotten with pellets and natural forage. My feeder is set to feed in the morning and late afternoon from spring thru fall, but however often you do it try to make sure they consume the amount you feed within about 30 minutes.
You can get fish feeders that will shoot the pellets out from a dock or the shore, or you can use the cheaper game feeders that feed in a circular pattern, but you have to suspend them over the water.

Rainbows are probably the most tolerant of variations in temps, and oxygen, but I'm partial to Brookies and Tiger trout. With good feed and conditions they'll grow at least an inch a month from spring thru fall.



Hey Scruffy, how's your pond doing?

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