Stocking the pond with Rainbow Trout

On Thursday May 2nd, we stocked our irrigation pond with 535 Rainbow Trout. 500 are in the 8-9" size range, and 35 in the 10-11" size. We had last stocked the pond about ten years ago, and used it during different events at the club. We had a fishing derby for kids on Fathers Day and several other holiday weekends. Everyone involved had a great time, so we decided to do it again. One other interesting result are the amount of "birds of prey" that are on the lookout for an easy meal. Blue Heron, Osprey (Seahawk), and Bald Eagles will be seen regularly as they discover fish are back in the pond. Below are some photos from the delivery of the fish.

We started feeding the fish a high protein dog food yesterday, and they should be trained in a couple weeks to hit the food like a school of hungry Piranha.