Fish Available For Pond Stocking

The Rensselaer County Soil & Water Conservation District’s Annual Fish Stocking Program is currently taking orders for rainbow and brook trout as well as largemouth bass, channel catfish, fathead minnows and crayfish. Orders will be taken up to September 24 with the distribution to be held on October 1 at 1 pm in the parking lot of the Agriculture & Life Sciences Building in Troy.
Fall is a great time to stock your pond! A fish stocking permit is required through the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. This permit is available free of charge and will last for five years.
Call the Conservation District at 518-271-1740 for an order form with more information on stocking.
Trout do best in spring fed or deeper ponds. Bass and catfish can tolerate a lot of conditions. With trout you can expect to restock every three years with bass usually reproducing on their own. Again this year we have fish food; with fish pellets you can get a tremendous increase in growth rates. Don’t wait, call for an order blank! The fish stocking order blank is online again this year. Go to www.rensco.com and follow the link to the “How to” box on the left hand side of the page, scroll down to the Fish Sales link, click and print it out.