How to Get My Private Pond Stocked
- 1). Purchase a fish-stocking license from your state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Also request information on transportation licensing, as some states require that you also have a license to transport the fish. The price of these licenses will vary from state to state.
- 2). Examine the local ponds to see what types of fish get stocked there. Your pond should support the same types of fish that the Department of Fish and Wildlife stocks in the public ponds.
- 3). Purchase the fish you want for your pond from commercial fish hatcheries. The government will not stock private ponds with its farm-raised fish.
- 4). Transport the fish. You can hire a company to bring the fish to you or place the fish in your own vehicle in buckets filled with water.
- 5). Place the fish in your private pond and the fish will mingle with the plants, fish and other animals in your pond.
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