Another thing I'd like to add about temps and smallmouth. A few years ago I hatched smallmouth in one of the hatchery ponds. I had to seine them in 90 degree water due to an algae bloom that was getting out of control. Didn't loose a single one, not then or later. I did use salt at 0.5 percent, which I always do, and the holding tank I used at the pond side until I brought them inside was well aerated.
The problem I did have is, although I did grade them, I didn't grade them enough as they were very cannibalistic and ate a lot of their tank mates.
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 02/18/15 09:35 PM.
