Originally Posted By: mrbill
Bill thanks for the advice. I think you have convinced me to hold off on cage rearing YP until I retire and can devote the necessary time to do it right. From what I have gathered here, probably the best thing I can do now to achieve my goals is to catch as many of the CC and a number of the less fit LMB out to allow the forage fish YP and BG to increase their numbers.
One last question, I am going to continue to move 4-7" perch from my second pond down to pond one. Is there a method any of you recommend to mark these fish for future identification. If I catch one two or three years from now, I would like to know when I may have stocked it. Thanks.


You can clip a fin...I have not done this, but many on the forum have experience doing so and can share their wisdom.


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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