Here are a few pics from my recent smallmouth fingerling harvest at my first attempt at producing my own fingerlings.
A 3 1/2 to 4 inch smallmouth that was hatched just a couple of months ago. I removed some up to 5 inches. Perhaps the record high water temps had something to do with some of these shooters?
On the other end of the spectrum is this 1 1/4 inch fish of which there were many more. Note the orange section of the caudal fin.
One of the RAS tanks with the smaller of the two size groups.
The other smaller RAS tank with the larger of the two size groups but less in number.
So far with several seine pulls I've taken out 615 fish in this 1/10th acre pond. Once I drain down completely I hope to remove at least a couple hundred more. This pond is extremely steep sided and not optimum for seining.
I think my numbers would have been higher if not for significant cannibalism by the larger of the to size groups (I witnessed it on several occasions), and the accidental introduction of yellow perch fry. Some of the perch were the plumpest I've seen.
