TJ, SFS thank you for the correction and the plan for the Trophy pond. I will adhere to your plan. BobbyRice, as far as handling the TFS is concerned, For over 2 decades I have used a cast net, then hand sorted and placed them in an oval uninsulated filtered livewell that gets the water directly from the lake. The water is is circulated from a bilge pump drawing water from the lake to the livewell when I am not moving the boat. This constantly changes the water. I'm thinking that I might not have to do anything other than run the bilge pump with aeration for the 1/2 hour road trip to my ponds. If that doesn't work I will fill another container with lake water using my bilge pump and continually circulate between the two for travel. In the fall, spring, and winter I have excellent survival rates of alewives, TFS and GZS In the summer very good success, constantly running the system from lake to boat circulation . Ewest, thank you for the information on GZS, TFS, and Alwives. The lake has all three species as forage. Does anyone think that if I added alewives to the forage there would be any detrimental effects? Sorry for taking a little while to respond. I've been at the farm working where I have no cell service. Heading back there now.
Thanks!
Heppy
