keegs
Veteran Member
Has anyone ever had success with stocking a pond? I have a small pond on our Maine farm and was thinking about trying to stock it. The pond is fed by a small brook and some springs. It's about fifteen feet deep. It is home to water fowl, frogs, schools of very small fish and occasionally passing river otter and moose. I haven't seen any turtles.
The previous owner attempted to stock the pond with trout but failed. I suspect hungry (or maybe not so hungry) river otter had something to do with it.
So I'm not sure how successful I'll be at this but I think it's worth a try anyway. I had in mind to start out by introducing catfish fry but I don't know where to get them. I recall years ago seeing large clusters of catfish fry along the shoreline of a nearby lake during summer but I don't think an attempt to rendezvous with a brooding channel or brown catfish is in the cards for me.
So is this just another hair brained idea or do you think I can pull it off? If you think it's possible, are fry the way to go and do you know where/how I can get live, healthy catfish fry (stock) into this pond?
TIA
The previous owner attempted to stock the pond with trout but failed. I suspect hungry (or maybe not so hungry) river otter had something to do with it.
So I'm not sure how successful I'll be at this but I think it's worth a try anyway. I had in mind to start out by introducing catfish fry but I don't know where to get them. I recall years ago seeing large clusters of catfish fry along the shoreline of a nearby lake during summer but I don't think an attempt to rendezvous with a brooding channel or brown catfish is in the cards for me.
So is this just another hair brained idea or do you think I can pull it off? If you think it's possible, are fry the way to go and do you know where/how I can get live, healthy catfish fry (stock) into this pond?
TIA