Hey bud, dont let these downers get you too worked up. I'm sure if any one of them had their own pond they whould want to stock it too. I know I would and if I could hatch my own eggs to do it that would be awesome. Sounds like a ton of fun trying, maybe hard to do but if your sucsessful that would be an accomplishment. Something I would be proud of if it was me. Most people would by those nasty hatchery fish. All that says is "I'm so rich I can have my pond stocked with walleye." You could say "I'm so SMART I can raise my own fish." If your able to make it happen then howie, your the man.