I'm going to try it. It makes me a little nervous boxing the RES up in the shallows but they should be safe from predators as I'll have a top on the cage. The deepest they will be is 2 1/2'. Let me know if you think that's too shallow. I am pretty darn sure we won't be having any more freezes this Spring here although it's been a little colder than average for the majority of days. We are about to enter a warming period at least. I am thinking I will only put a portion in there of the 200 I purchase, maybe 100 with a no more than a dozen bluegill mixed in.

Thanks for all the input you all have given me on the various topics I've posted about. I know I have far more questions than input on the forums but although I've owned my own BOW for 18 years now and it's 40 years old, at least the original was. I'm a novice at working on improving it. For the first 16 years I just let it do its own thing but it got away from me and we drained it two years ago and started over new. I'd like to take control as much as I can this time around.