I moved on to my next question and pulled up the Kansas Wildlife Dept. site to review their state guidelines regarding pond depth requirements and pond size.
Of course, I then found this statement in their document titled:
Producing Fish and Wildlife in Kansas Ponds
"A pond can be stocked with fish legally caught elsewhere but this practice is not advised because it is usually difficult to obtain adequate numbers, especially for large ponds, and wild fish are more likely to have disease problems than those raised by a commercial fish grower."
That statement would appear to apply to both gamefish and baitfish. But there is no support at all in the statutes.
Instead, I have a call in to Snipe's biologist. He now has the dubious pleasure of being pestered by me for "lawyer" questions, rather than his actual specialty!
