On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Renee Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmmm. . . I don't know about "up there". . . Around here, we have fish farms > which advertise in the local paper for stocking fish for farm ponds. > I've never seen ads like that, but then, I've never looked before either. > Now, it's interesting to me that the previous owners had trout in this pond > of yours. . . Don't they require flowing water? And I *thought* they were > not tolerant at all of dirty water. AND, I think they need quite cold > water. Is this quite a deep, cold, spring-fed pond? Is there a stream > or something that flows into and out of it? Is it an old beaver pond by > any chance? > I don't know anything about trout, but maybe the pond doesn't have the correct living requirements. We were told that the pond is well-fed. I'm assuming it's man-made. I have no idea how deep it is but I'll check that out when the weather gets warmer. The previous owner had a pump shooting water high up into the air--they took the pump out for the winter and we have no clue how to put it back so we'll have to do some research. V
