His pond banks are almost vertical and it would be difficult to hold tarps on the sides. Gasses will also accumulate under the tarps and cause problems - been there done that. Smallies should train easily to the fry starter. Timing will be important. Catmandoo had 1" LMB eating ground pellets so smallies should also take well to feed. My experience is they at all sizes up to 8" 'go to feed' a lot easier than LMB.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/08/12 11:23 AM.

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