starting a fish hatchery

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10-17-2014, 07:44 PM
tnpondmanager

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starting a fish hatchery

We dug our first pond in June but it was leaking until a month ago when we lined the bottom with bentonite. Today we stocked fifteen brood stock bluegill into it, fish that had been waiting in 4x3x2 PVC/plastic mesh cages in a nearby pond since I brought them back from the panhandle in Florida the end of May. We have ten more in a raceway on the same property and will be moving them to the pond one day next week. The fish are a little pale at the moment due to the cooler water temps but will be pretty stunning come April.

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10-23-2014, 12:14 PM
NYHellbender

Good looking gill.... Can't wait to see them in the spring :popcorn
10-23-2014, 03:06 PM
tnpondmanager

Thanks, Hellbender! Considering they're bluegill, AKA the underwater rabbits, we should have a passel of them along about May or June.
10-25-2014, 12:20 AM
slabbacks

glad to hear ya got her sealed off on the bottom. Can't wait to see what comes out of there in the future bud
10-25-2014, 09:10 AM
tnpondmanager

Thanks, Slabbacks!
10-26-2014, 09:30 AM
Eagle 1

nice ,wish we were closer .
10-26-2014, 03:39 PM
tnpondmanager

Eagle, we could bring you some - you're only 147 miles from the hatchery. Just let me know in the spring if you want some and we'll deliver them to your lake.