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i call this my shark cage. i have used it over the years to hold fish for various reasons. a few months ago i started tossing feed in the feed ring that floats inside the cage. these little bg started hanging out in the cage for feed and to escape predation. i try to feed them once or twice a day. i think this is a pretty neat way to grow up a few decent bg to be released in your pond especially if you need to bump up your bg population. even though these are fry from my original stockers, i am curious if this would help any with the gene pool since they missed a season of inbreeding? i never used small feed, only am 600 and a little optimal a few times. https://goo.gl/photos/yHpG4THvgSSuwUsY8https://goo.gl/photos/y8yzUpy3CrYdMkoK8
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First, are those hand-paint bluegill?
In a pond setting I would not be worried about inbreeding.
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Scott - good information and idea for others to produce some small BG into larger BG. Thanks for sharing and the helpful pictures.
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@scott69,
Do you know what river system they come from originally?
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[quote=Centrarchid]@scott69,
Do you know what river system they come from originally? [/quote
i would think that most people including myself are buying them from pond stockers that get them from hatcheries. mine came from american sportfish in montgomery,al
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Some hatcheries indicate stock source. You are in area where Coppernose likely not native. The Coppernose stocks can vary quite a bit. Yours look like out of southern Florida.
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