When I went to pick up the 250 replacement fish he told me he was on his way to Arkansas to pick up more fish.
I was supposed to get some RES this spring from the local bait-n-tackle shop/lake management outfit. They source those RES from a hatchery in Arkansas. I didn't get them because all of the sunfish from that hatchery were failing the health check. Some sort of gill fungus issue is how it was described to me. The hatchery was willing to ship them, but my guy refuses to take fish that don't come with a clean bill of health.
Probably just anecdotal information to further confound the issue.
All of those sick fish have since moved into the Arkansas River due to the recent flooding.
