Inheriting unstocked massive pond. What to stock?

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I don't think they are native here...and they might die in the summer anyway.
 
knifegill said:
Nothing, I am at a headwater. My pond fills when it rains, streams from the hills.

The bog down from me has sticklebacks and has been stocked with LMB.
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Then stock the pond with sticklebacks and LMB.
 
knifegill said:
How can an MFK'er let 30,000 gallons sit empty?!
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I'd say let it dry and cover it up.
You are not giving a mfk about what the well seasoned members are telling you.

I also sugest you take a picture of the pond so members can give you more accurate input

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You said the headwater was STOCKED with LMBs, then what's stopping you from putting in natives to your AREA? Obviously those bass were put in there by people which means they aren't naturally native even though they are to you AREA. See what I'm getting at? I would focus on native cats mainly but here's what I would do

yellow bullheads
brown bullheads
channel cats
albino channel cats
flathead cats
LMBs
SMBs
bluegills
pumpkinseeds
emerald shiners
common shiners
walleye
yellow perch

NO CARP, they ARE NOT NATIVE.
 
divemaster99 said:
You said the headwater was STOCKED with LMBs, then what's stopping you from putting in natives to your AREA? Obviously those bass were put in there by people which means they aren't naturally native even though they are to you AREA. See what I'm getting at? I would focus on native cats mainly but here's what I would do

yellow bullheads
brown bullheads
channel cats
albino channel cats
flathead cats
LMBs
SMBs
bluegills
pumpkinseeds
emerald shiners
common shiners
walleye
yellow perch

NO CARP, they ARE NOT NATIVE.
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Hold your horses, not all fish is native to that specific creek and headwater. Stick with the LOCAL fish that can be found in the specific creek and headwater. Not introducing a new species to that specific creek. You can get in trouble for introduce a species to a new water body. We have problems with illegal stockings by the people. Smallmouth bass & muskellunge got accidently stocked in a lake near me and the locals are very unhappy about it. Nor the locals by a trout lake near me that have walleyes/bass that were stocked illegally by a person, and the non-native walleye/bass wiped out the trout population.
 
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