Hybrid Striped Bass in Ponds

Anyone ever try this? I've wanted to try stocking them ever since I first heard that wipers do really well in ponds. Some friends down the road ordered some in a pond stocking package from a hatchery out of Cincinnati and we were talking about adding some to their order to put in our ponds. I googled "fish hatchery near me" and up popped a hatchery in Martinsville, IN that had stripers. We gave them a call then went and picked some up the next day. We bought 40 and put 20 in each pond. These are supposed to do really good on pellet feed and I bought a 50# bag from the hatchery of the same stuff they feed. I've been throwing a solo cup into each pond every day but so far the only things coming up to feed are channel cats. There's at least 3 catfish in the old pond and 10+ in the newer pond. Might have to thin them out some. There are some decent largemouth in these ponds so it is possible that my baby stripers have been wiped out already as they were only around 4 inches. Let's hope not at $2.50 per fish! I'm really looking forward to see how these do. They say they can reach 12 inches in a year and keeper size in 2 years. I'll keep you updated!