Looking for Suwannee bass

[M14]

Does anyone know where you can get Suwannee bass for pond stocking 

[N Florida Mike]

Google it. Call a few fish farms and ask if they know anyone that does.

I have never heard of anyone .

Great idea !

 

[CountryboyinDC]

It would be neat to have some of these redeye bass in a pond, but no one seems to stocking the exotics (black bass speaking).  If you're successful, that would be a neat project.  You could be a trend setter among pond owners. Maybe get folks to stock some of the other redeye bass - Bartram's, etc.  It would be a change from the largemouth/channel cat/bluegill farm ponds that are ubiquitous across the US.

[bigbassin']

It would be neat if successful, I’ve got a lot of great memories fishing for them.

 

With that being said, unless you’re controlling the water temperatures I don’t think they’d make it in a pond. The rivers they live in are effectively climate controlled by the number of springs. The river I typically fished never got warmer than 77, and never got colder than 53.

 

I would think if they could survive warmer water they would have a wider range in creeks/rivers around central Florida. Conversely if they could handle colder weather they’d probably be more spread out in South Georgia.

 

Lastly, I never caught one out of stationary  water. They always came off of current and around hard bottom.
 

Maybe if they didn’t have to compete with LMB they could survive in a pond setting but they seem to be outcompeted in this type of environment in the wild.