HI All,
Anyone ever try to follow proven guides for hauling fish?.
People do make a living at this, as there are live fish haulers, along with all of the Aquaculture based farms that do live haul.
Mort's are usually very rare because they cant sell dead fish
Unlike Cecil
Oh Gee, I was at one star earlier, went back to three, and probably lost them all. Oh Well
Phil,
There are people here that haul fish and have hauled fish and I contacted them. Bob Lusk, Todd Overton etc. It's just that I just emailed them and it's too soon to get a reply. I thought it would interesting to get this up on the site so everyone could get answers.
That said I have numerous texts that talk about hauling fish. None address this specific issue of hauling or moving bass and bluegills in cold water. However I have seen one pub that talks about fungus issues with handling bass in cold water which is why I brought this up. One fish supplier in Illinois, Mike Robinson of Keystone hatcheries told me once temps get down below 50 they not only stop feeding their bass they will not handle them. But conversely my largemouth supplier in Michigan seines his ponds at ice out and says as long as the bass get some feed before moving they are fine.
And I have hauled fish on several occasions, and some long distances up to 21 hours. Virgina to Indiana. Nebraska to Indiana, Indiana to Missouri, and Northern Wisconsin to Indiana. Aerators and oxygen. Haven't lost a fish yet. So I'm not totally green but I still want to learn everything I can.
