What to stock a pond with non native?

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Andrew1002

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Looking for something non native to stock in my 3/4 acre pond that will survive with bass panfish and bullhead catfish. Not looking for any bashing either just for some responses. Any bashing will be ignored. Just looking for amything that can get big and not kill everything like a wels would. Any ideas? Or any natove ideas of stocking also? Id love a huge monster fish that would be sweet! Its in upstate new york so it must handle the winters and freeze overs.

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crappiekeeper said:
Koi, tench, carp, masheer. Just make sure there is no creeks or anything linking to other bodies of water.
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ya nothing its just a stationary stagnant pond and nothing going in or out. Planning on maybe buying a dock for a boat and an aireator. I was gonna put koi in there as soon as i can get some larger ones. Carp i will also do the same when i can get larger ones. not sure about tench or masheer as i dont know to much about them.
 
might get some tench if i can get my hands on some but im not sure about masheer they are huge and would probably eat my bass. Tench seem more calm and bottom feeders which i need to eat the plants
 
Andrew1002 said:
ya nothing its just a stationary stagnant pond and nothing going in or out. Planning on maybe buying a dock for a boat and an aireator. I was gonna put koi in there as soon as i can get some larger ones. Carp i will also do the same when i can get larger ones. not sure about tench or masheer as i dont know to much about them.
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Masheer are like very large omnivorous carp. They are expensive though. Tench are nice pond fish from Europe that you can get in cool colors. You could also get some asp. I don't know how easy it would be to get them though. I also don't know how commonly tench or asp are kept. Maybe someone with a little more knowledge about European natives could help you. You could also try sturgeon.
 
crappiekeeper said:
Masheer are like very large omnivorous carp. They are expensive though. Tench are nice pond fish from Europe that you can get in cool colors. You could also get some asp. I don't know how easy it would be to get them though. I also don't know how commonly tench or asp are kept. Maybe someone with a little more knowledge about European natives could help you. You could also try sturgeon.
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damn. beat me to it! I was just typing what about sturgeon lol
edit- how are sturgeon kept with bass or smaller fish?
 
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