Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations losing rainbow trout

I'm in 110% agreement with Cody. One thing I know about catching trout in a pond, they don't stop flopping around once you get them to shore. How are they taken out of the water? Dragged up on shore or netted? Are good C&R practices adhered to or is it dry hands and dragging them up onto the pond bank?

Here in Northern Indiana, I tell my clients that the trout need to be removed by the end of June or they will croak due to the water temps climbing, and the subsequent reduction in dissolved O2 in the water.

Trout are a cool water fish, catfish are a warm water fish. So, expecting the trout and catfish to live and thrive all year long in the same pond is like expecting penguins and ostriches to do well living together....