I just made visual estimate on the number of surviving fish. It appears to be at least 80 fish and they are catching up to indoor-reared siblings. Temperature outside over last week has been flirting with what I think is lower part of the optimal range for growth. I am also also supplementing forage with brine shrimp nauplii that are less than 24-h old. Very soon the fry will start going after insects at surface. This has not been a normal year as normally we would start looking for frost. We have not had normal years for at least a decade.
Aquaculture Cooperative Research / Extension Lincoln University of Missouri
