THE USE OF SUITABLY CONSTRUCTED AND LOCATED STOCK WATER PONDS FOR FOOD FISH CULTURE IS RECOMMENDED, BASED UPON INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBILITIES OF THESE SMALL BODIES OF WATER TO REAR A CHANNEL CATFISH-LARGEMOUTH BASS COMBINATION. STOCKED WITH 2,000 CATFISH AND 100 BASS PER ACRE WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING, TWO, TWO-YEAR PRODUCTION CYCLES SHOWED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: TOTAL FISH PRODUCTION, 2,634 AND 3,791 PER ACRE; FEED CONVERSION, 2.5 AND 2.4; RECOVERY OF STOCKED CATFISH, 84 AND 91 PERCENT; RECOVERY OF STOCKED BASS, 40 AND 50 PERCENT. IN ADDITION TO SUPPLYING FOOD FISH, THE POND PROVIDED RECREATION THROUGH THE FISH CULTURAL ACTIVITY AND BY HOOK AND LINE FISHING.