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Sounds great...I would not worry about the crayfish and if a carp or goldfish was included your LMB or CC could take care of it.

I know the Forum might react in an extreme manner when they hear of stray fish when in the long haul might not make any impact whatsoever - but it's because we've all either had it happen to us or seen fisheries altered/harmed/destroyed by intentional or inadvertant stocking of invasive/undesirable fish - and we care about everyone else's watersheds as though they're our own [at least I do].

I like Greg Grimes statement he has NEVER put ONE fish into a watershed what was not intended. Then you look at my experience and yours where there were some issues. I have to be honest I don't know what a realistic standard is for a hatchery - especially when you are talking high qtys of small fish...it's very easy to miss something at that size and that dense qty.

Bottom line for me is - you and I probably deserved better service for the money we paid - ie: only the fish we ordered.

However, we are probably both fine in the long run...it's just the principle.