These are the few left over fish from last fall's stocking. In an attempt to increase survival, they held some over the winter to grow in a stable environment. The eggs for this falls stocking were harvested over the last couple weeks. Some will be held over again till next spring for the same reasons. The goal this go around was to stock half of the broodstock prescriptions in fall, and half in spring. It will probably be the same for this fall.
"Will Schultz" said:
As always lessons were learned and next year should see an increase in size if all goes well.
Can you elaborate on this at all? What is Wisconsin doing so much different with their GLS? They take their eggs in Mid may and are getting their fall fingerlings to 12-13" and their yearlings to 17-18".
"Mayhem" said:
[quote="Will Schultz"]As always lessons were learned and next year should see an increase in size if all goes well.
Can you elaborate on this at all? What is Wisconsin doing so much different with their GLS? They take their eggs in Mid may and are getting their fall fingerlings to 12-13" and their yearlings to 17-18".
Matt didn't say anything more than that. That two weeks of growth from mid-May compared to end of May/start of June is significant. Its possible their overwinter water is warmer or they're warming the water to increase growth, which is something I talked about with Matt. The "happy moment" was a 78% return on the pond.
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