I have a post going on in another part of the forum trying to gather info on the best approach to establishing some sort of a fishery in a pond that is on the property I'm renting. In the mean time, I was thinking of maybe stocking some trout into it just to have something to fish for. The pond has a surface area of about 7 acres, right now it's probably at 3 to 4 acres. The trout stocked would probably only be able to survive until mid-May or early June, so I was thinking of stocking maybe 200 or so? That's more than I would harvest and eat myself but I'm sure there'd be some natural mortality and I have some friends and family memebers who probably wouldn't mind catching some out. Would this be enough to provide decent fishing or should I go with more or less? I plan on stocking some in the fall to fish for over the winter so I'll probably feed them to see what kind of growth I can get in 2-3 months.
