How about goldfish? I hear they can live through a nuclear winter, reproduce avidly and would provide a source of protein not far off from common carp. In a clean pond why would their flesh not be suitable for consumption?
and, as an aside, it seems every time we have a sunny day and the fish are feeding at the top I count more of them, and they seem bigger. Help! What started out to be about 5 brilliant red seems to be about 50 mostly brown, some slightly brown/orange and a fwe brilliant orange ones. They don't seem to go in minnow traps, I can't seine them, going to have to think about other ways to trap them. They probably are bigger than any predator that I would put in could handle. I can only hope the resident kingfisher comes back. I think they stay in just deep enough water that the GBH cannot reach them.
I guess as a food source as a prepper you also have to figure out how to get the carp/goldfish/crappie or whatever onto the dinner plate at will too.
Last edited by canyoncreek; 04/30/15 01:11 PM.
