Originally Posted by ewest
3-5 inches is intermediate BG in hatchery terms. I hope you habituated the new BG as that greatly increases survival. You should be on course for improvement.
Yes, 3-5 inches is what was stocked. Did not habituate them. They were flooded into the pond through the tube from the truck at one of the shallow fingers. Decent cover nearby. Only 10 or so floaters from what I could tell.

Last edited by Horkstram21; 12/13/25 11:31 PM. Reason: Correction

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