Originally Posted By: esshup
Originally Posted By: John Wann
So esshup if I put 100 half pounders and six 2 ponders in that tank. With salt, aeration and 240 gallons of water I should be fine? Correct? FNC I will watch that video when I get home. I did miss that yesterday.


Don't rule out water temp. Cooler water holds more O2. But, if the trout are coming from 65�F water you don't want to chill the water to 45�F with them in it with ice and then put them back in 65� water when you get to the pond. I prefer to keep temps as close as possible, and about 5�F difference is my limit. You might be fine, you might not. Don't forget about ammonia build up. Hopefully the fish will be purged for a couple of days before you pick them up.

The only way to find the limits is to kill fish, unfortunately.


Judging by how much ice it takes to drop water temperature 20 F. I wouldn't be concerned tossing in a bag of ice every now and then during stops on the way to the pond. I've done it several times with trout. An easy way to acclimate them at the pond is to slowly pump the pond water through the hauling tank with a sump pump until the tank and pond are the same temperature. I just held the hose down with the tank lid and let it overflow out the gate valve that was partially open.


If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.