up working on our bass fingerling route and needed a break so checked PB.

yes an update it went WAY better than I could have imagined. I cancelled foxworthy 10,000 order and kinda wish I would have stocked them. Anyway we stocked in 8 locations and semed to not lose a fish other than a few that we eaten right away by bass.

I left at 130 am to get to hatchery in NC early. I was at the first stop in GA at 730 am. Most ponds in N. GA were 68-73 surface temp. Not a problem just netted them or shot through hose right to the surface after a little while they went down. Hauling tank temp 58 and I did NOT temper.

Last stop near the house on golf course pond. Surface temp 81 in one location and 83 in another. I stuck the thermometer in my water shoes and swam out. The temp near my feet was 75. I would get a net full of about ~150-250 trout and swim them out and then reach down as far as I could with four foot handle net and let them swim out. We would see about 10% of the trout coem to the surface. They surprisingly were not dying at the surface in 83 they acted stupid but most seemed to go down and figure it out after about 5 mins. We did the remainder of 2500 with a tube and I held it in place with my feet. Matt took the last customer his fish the next monring and shot them in and to spite the tube coming lose and floating to the surface they even did fine in 75 surface temp. So I wish it would have been a month sooner and I would have had no issues but with the swim effort they did very well and customers very happy. I could not sleep over the worry but now if ever doing it again I now it can be done. I think they will make it about another 2-4 weeks in these ponds and bass are loving it. Oh they were 3.5-4" 48/lb.

Greg Grimes
www.lakework.com