Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Chain Pickerel in a small pond - good or bad idea?

There are numerous ponds in Virginia with reproducing CP. Most are acidic, tannin stained and heavily vegetated. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania stocks them into new and renovated lakes. They seem to have boom bust spawning cycles. Most anglers in my area consider them a nuisance species.