Dan - Fish cage under the ice? Ans. To get second year's growth. Number of fish in the cage varies on what I'm doing and which species I'm raising. I've raised all kinds of fish in cages over the years; LMB, SMB, yellow perch, trout, bgill, hyb bgill, pumpkinseed sunfish, green sunfish, redear sunfish, catfish,
hyb striped bass, bullheads, shiners, crappies.