I got to thinking that the purposed yellow perch pond downstream of the trout pond may be a little too cold early in the season for optimum growth, although it should peak out in the summer in the mid 70's which should be optimum. Therefore I'm going to bypass the trout overflow around the pond early in spring with 6 or 8 inch drainage pipe to allow the perch pond to warm up a little. If I put a gate valve on the overflow I can regulate it, and up it to full flow by summer as air temps increase. The closer to optimum temps I can keep the pond the more growth I can get.

Thoughts?

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