Bill,
Thanks for the thoughts. I have a special place in my heart for native species so I want to avoid tilapia.
I've been thinking about ways to protect the fry as long as I can so it isn't a total loss in the first week. How fast do you think they grow? I've looked into a .125" mesh 4'x30' seine net to isolate them from as many predators as I can. Kind of a kiddie pool for a few months until they take care of themselves. The water has risen recently and covered a lot of good vegetation for them to hide in so, at minimum, it won't be fish in a barrel.
Thoughts?
