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I built this fish cage for the purpose of trying to grow some trout through the winter in our pond. Water temps are typically 65 and below from mid October until late March or Early April here. It could probably hold a couple hundred fish, but I am only doing 26 the first go-round. I transported them myself (to be shown in my next post) so I didn't want to overload my untested transport system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-_9VPgvoX0
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smusic - nice job on the cage. It should work well. Please post pictures of your stocker trout and measure one of the smaller and larger ones for comparison to the final sizes. One suggestion. Cut out some of the foam board on top so you have an opening to toss the pellets into the cage; maybe 2ftx2ft square or a rectangle. The opening with light coming through the top will not bother the trout and be less of a stressor than lifting the lid each time to add pellets. Good idea about adding chicken wire under the foam top. I needed to do that to my cages to keep the mink out.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/17/13 08:49 PM.
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Thanks for the advice about the hole in the lid. I think I'll cut one out today. I'll see what I can do about some fish photos.
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