Providing fish for ponds, lakes

By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star outdoor newS

Want to stock a pond with a variety of fish but don’t know where to find these slippery critters?

A company created just for that purpose could provide the answer.

Herrmann’s Fish Farm, a Rosenbergbased company, has more baby fish than meets the eyes, including redfish, largemouth bass, golden shiners, bluegill, crappie and a few types of catfish.

The most popular fish is the bass.

The fish are weighed and put inside large plastic bags before they hit the road to backyards, farms and ranches where their new owners will feed them until they reach fishable sizes, or use the smaller fish as forage for larger species.

Some are sold by the pound, like the tilapia, and others by the unit ranging from $0.50 to $16 each.

The fish farm is a family-owned and run operation that Jon Herrmann opened in 1984.

“It started as a hobby growing and selling catfish,” he said. “But as time went by, I decided to take the business a step further.”

Herrmann, who received a degree in aquaculture at Texas A&M University, said

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“We go to businesses like this during the springtime,” he said, while scooping bunches of fish with a net in the parking lot of Edinburg’s Martin Ranch & Farm Supply. “We can also go to a customer’s place if an order is large enough.”

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