Guys, I finally caught one of the fish we gathered at snrub's place. 7-8" fish turned into a nice 16", healthy specimen. I think I brought 5 or 6 home. I had a buddy that caught one last summer late that was about 12" but healthy so I know at least 2 survived the 535 mile trip.
Cool! Glad they survived and grew! I'm anxious to see how they are this spring in my ponds.
I only wish you would have had room for more of them, but I know your pond size and stocking limited you. I certainly had no shortage! The 500 little inch and a half long fingerlings certainly did quite ok in my forage pond to raise them.
I have to figure out what to do with that forage pond this year. There are still a few HSB in there because the very short period I did some hand feeding last year I could get a few up to the top to take some feed. What else is in there I have no idea. I could not believe there were still FHM's when we seined it.
We had a good time that day. Thanks again for your extremely helpful oversight of the project. Without you, it never would have got done. Thanks! Stop by again when in the area.
