Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Large HSB mortality

George:

I hate unintentional morts from catching fish, but even more than that, I hate morts that I thought were going to make it before I released the fish and found it dead the next day. On several occasions I have wished I had a safe holding tank at the pond to keep and observe a fish in after catching it - if it recovers, release it; if not, eat it. You can only get so much info keeping it in a bucket for an hour or so. It looks like you're most of the way to that capability now!