Any chance you'll say who this fish farm is JKB? If it's the same one I think it is up there, he gets his perch from one of two perch producers in Ohio
I talked to Dave today at SC in Grant. He has never purchased YP from Ohio. He get's all of his YP from Wisconsin and Minnesota.
He also said that there are no fish farms in the State of MI that hatch and produce YP fingerlings for pond stockers, they all come from another state.
Interesting.
The fish farms that I know of in Ohio got there original fish from one fish farm and those fish came from Lake Erie about 30 plus generations ago. I think the farmer's name was Brehm? Bill Cody knows more about it.
Cody note: The original YP grower of this strain was Rick Boleck. He hand picked the largest YP he could find from a commercial fisherman on Lk Erie.
Not sure if you're aware but Will Allen of Illinois has taken over Bell Aquaculture's perch hatchery and is producing out of season perch. They are considering bluegills next. Their perch are originally Lake Michigan fish. I may purchase some and cross them with my Lake Erie strain.
