Gordon,
I am new at this bulletin board and didn't
take the time to study it before utilizing it. As a consequence, I inadvertently and negligently
made a number of mistakes, one of which you
pointed out. Hopefully, I'm not repeating past mistakes with this communuque!
I would certainly understand if ya'll reduced me
to fingerling status. My attempts to swim with
the big fish have never been very successful.
As for my infatuation with YB... Suffice to say,
the water conditions do not support Channels. YB
are "Tough as nails" according to a number of
aquaculturists. There are a host of other reasons, but it seems counterproductive to list
them here and make my quest all the harder (every
one will be wanting them then).
I know all the virtues of CC (good dress out
percentage, fast growth, readily available,
large size, etc), but if the water conditions
don't support them, there's no point considering
them...
PS This far north, if I had the right
water quality, I would be using Donaldson rainbow
trout and not Channels anyway.
PPS Somebody out there is still probably thinking,
why not Brown Bullhead (which are readily available, and indeed, I have some).... BB
has been shown to do poorly in cage and tank
culture systems when intensively grown. YB
excel under the same conditions.
Once again, I would be truly, thoroughly thankful
to anyone getting some YB out this way. You
may not like this underperforming pint size
cat, but it is the ideal niche for my study
project.
Sincerely,
Bullhead Bob
