I need to revisit this thread with a question for Bill, Cecil or anyone using cages. Some quick pond vitals.. 0.13 acres, avg depth 10' aerated nightly april/may to october, NY zone 5. Well water available.
Bill, in reference to your articles in PB magazine, I have yet to locate any polyethylene twine for stitching up my cages. All the local hardware/farm supply stores have polypropylene. Is there an equal substitute to polyethylene that anyone can recommend?
2nd question is one that pertains to water temps and lends itself to precaution on my part. I will be experimenting with raising YP in one cage, low density 20-25 fish, fingerlings. I do not have a temp profile for my pond in the 3-4' depth range (cages will be 3' diameter x 4' deep). Betting on a normal summer as far as temps go, can I expect to see a problem with water temps mid-summer that may result in stress/death for the YP? As noted above, I do have access to a well within 30' of where I intend to locate the cages.
