Need to stock your pond? Get your order in during spring fish sale
If you have a pond in need of stocking, you can order your fish from the Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District during the Spring Fish Sale.
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, hybrid sunfish, hybrid redear, fathead minnows and bluegill.
Triploid Grass Carp, used for biological weed control, are also available. This fish takes approximately two years to provide good control. Stocking rates are based on percentage of weed cover and size of pond. If your pond has weed cover of 20-40%, five Triploid Carp per lake acres should be stocked; 40% to 60% weed cover, 10 Triploid Carp per lake acres are recommended. Ponds must have an area that is 7 to 10 feet deep for the fish to overwinter. The grass carp is sterile and will not reproduce. Pond location information (county, township, section) must be filled out on the order form as the district must apply for a permit from Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The deadline for ordering is Friday, April 10, for triploid carp and Monday, April 20, for all other fish.
Fish pickup is 7 to 8 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at the district office, 2315 Dean St., Suite 100, St. Charles.
For an order form, visit kanedupageswcd.org or call (630) 584-7961, ext. 3.
Customers must bring some type of container to ensure better fish survival during transport. The fish, except for catfish, will be put into oxygen filled bags with water. Bring a 5-gallon bucket for smaller fish. The bags easily fit into the 5-gallon bucket for easy transport.
For the larger fish and catfish bring a clean trash can or large container with pond water in it.
Large Channel Catfish cannot be bagged. Please provide a clean container with pond water to transport fish.
One- to 2-inch Hybrid Sunfish, Bluegill, and Redear and 2- to 3-inch Crappies can only be ordered by the bag.
The Soil & Water Conservation Districts, established in 1937 under the Illinois Soil and Water Conservation District Act, are local units of government. The act gives the district the responsibility to provide technical information to individuals and groups on methods of soil and water conservation, and provide natural resource inventory information on properties slated for zoning changes. Kane County Soil & Water Conservation District was formed in 1944 and later combined with DuPage County. There are 98 Soil & Water Conservation Districts in Illinois.
Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District is a public body made up of citizens concerned with the protection of our natural resources. It is governed by a five-member board of directors elected by District landowners and residents. This board of directors, the District staff and the District conservationist assigned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service develop annual and long range plans that direct the activities of the District and NRCS.