Smallmouth Stocking
As with largemouth, smallmouth are never stocked to add to an already vigorous population. Stocking is used only to introduce or reintroduce smallmouth to a body of water. A recent example in a riverain situation illustrates the difficulties in stocking.
A section of the Cannon River had lost its population of smallmouth bass. Fingerlings from a lake dwelling smallmouth bass population were stocked in this river section but were never found again. The following year fingerlings from a nearby river were stocked into this same river section. Today, anglers are catching many nice smallmouth bass in this river section.
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