I don't know if you're talking about the same kinds of places but the stocked ponds that I know are the ones I used to take the kids to once or twice a year. Some were pay per pound ponds others were pay per fish. Kinda like going to the fish store with a fishing rod. You'd throw a kernel of corn or a blueberry, ANYTHING in there and you'd have 100 trout boiling up to the surface. Fun for a few fish for the kids but not my idea of fishing at all. They don't have to abide by Provincial fishing regulations at all. They only had one rule. If you catch a fish, you just bought it.