Some fellows from Evergreen are said to have stocked Shipp Pond with its first trout. He caught 2 and was told by Harding to catch every one in the pond. Pete caught 19 more that afternoon, the 21 weighing 25 lbs. In 1934, T.R.Miller Mill Company fenced and stocked Shipp Pond, closing it to the public. In 1935, they started fertilizing it, using from 9 to 12 tons a year.
Fish grow larger than in swamp lakes.
No gars are found in Shipp Pond, neither have I ever heard of anyone catching a jackfish there. Occasionally, a mudcat is caught. Strange things happen at Shipp Pond. Mrs. Annie Smith, Mrs. Nannie Sowell and myself were fishing in the same boat when we saw a large crane catch a trout and wade out of the water and drop it onto the bank. Backing the boat to the bank, we chased the crane away and got the trout.