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Post by esshup on Apr 5, 2022 22:26:29 GMT -5
I will be raising 2,000 Feed Trained Walleye from now until October, and if I don't kill them they will be ready to stock in ponds in October. The goal is to get them to 10"-12" (or bigger) by stocking time. If they grew from egg to 3" in 60 days, I think I can get them to grow that big.
I have no idea what they will cost, I have to figure out fuel cost, vehicle expense, food and electricity. I will have a good idea later on this week. I might have more, I won't know for sure until the end of June.
I'll post some pictures tomorrow when they go in the grow out tank.
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Post by treetop on Apr 6, 2022 12:26:25 GMT -5
I will be raising 2,000 Feed Trained Walleye from now until October, and if I don't kill them they will be ready to stock in ponds in October. The goal is to get them to 10"-12" (or bigger) by stocking time. If they grew from egg to 3" in 60 days, I think I can get them to grow that big. I have no idea what they will cost, I have to figure out fuel cost, vehicle expense, food and electricity. I will have a good idea later on this week. I might have more, I won't know for sure until the end of June. I'll post some pictures tomorrow when they go in the grow out tank. Very interesting keep us posted are you using the same food I buy or using a commercial type Are they a walleye or a sauger Anything special a guy would have to do or have for his pond
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Post by esshup on Apr 6, 2022 19:05:49 GMT -5
They are walleye, not sauger or saugeye. I have a lot to learn, right now they are eating a 2mm sinking feed. I don't know if they will have to be fed at night or not, they don't like the bright sun.
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Post by parrothead on Apr 8, 2022 18:26:49 GMT -5
Will the pond or lake need to be a certain depth for them to survive?
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Post by esshup on Apr 8, 2022 18:57:08 GMT -5
Will the pond or lake need to be a certain depth for them to survive? No special depth that other fish don't need. Well, I killed at least half or more of the ones I have. I got in a rush to get them transferred out of the hauling tank to the holding tank and I thought that the 2.7°F water temp difference was OK. (typically 5°F difference for all other fish is fine) Nope, when I looked at them the next morning I saw a LOT of white bellies. The other half that I'm having grown by another guy with a RAS system indoors are doing OK, his water temp was exactly the same as the hauling tank water temp. It seems you pay for education one way or another, and it's not always paying a school or university........
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Post by HighCotton on Apr 9, 2022 6:40:35 GMT -5
Will the pond or lake need to be a certain depth for them to survive? No special depth that other fish don't need. Well, I killed at least half or more of the ones I have. I got in a rush to get them transferred out of the hauling tank to the holding tank and I thought that the 2.7°F water temp difference was OK. (typically 5°F difference for all other fish is fine) Nope, when I looked at them the next morning I saw a LOT of white bellies. The other half that I'm having grown by another guy with a RAS system indoors are doing OK, his water temp was exactly the same as the hauling tank water temp. It seems you pay for education one way or another, and it's not always paying a school or university........ Sorry to see that! Was the kill solely from the temp change? Or were there other contributors? That change seems minor to me.
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Post by esshup on Apr 9, 2022 7:08:20 GMT -5
Solely from the water temp difference. I held back about 300 in the transport tank overnight, left the top off, removed 60-70 percent of the water and left the O2 running. The temp the next morning in the transport tank was 1.1°F higher than the holding tank water and I mixed 50% holding tank water with 50% transport tank water. Those fish when moved had no issues.
I talked to the guy who is raising the other ones and he's had minimal morts.
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Post by budd on Apr 9, 2022 8:53:21 GMT -5
Question, how does the state stock lakes so easily? I've been at 3 different lakes and witnessed the fisheries pull in and start dumping walleye fingerlings and I never seen them check for water temp, mixing or anything like that. Literally pull in, backup and dump. They should be setting nets for egg collecting next week just up the road from my house on Cutfoot Lake, they are the Winnibigoshish strain of walleye. Ill walk out to the nets and get some video for you.
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Post by esshup on Apr 9, 2022 17:28:56 GMT -5
Question, how does the state stock lakes so easily? I've been at 3 different lakes and witnessed the fisheries pull in and start dumping walleye fingerlings and I never seen them check for water temp, mixing or anything like that. Literally pull in, backup and dump. They should be setting nets for egg collecting next week just up the road from my house on Cutfoot Lake, they are the Winnibigoshish strain of walleye. Ill walk out to the nets and get some video for you. They might have a good idea what the water temp is already. Sometimes the state will use river water to run through their hatchery, and that is roughly the same temp as lake water. The videos will be interesting, thanks!!
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2022 6:26:05 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that I know you got a lot of time and effort in them already
So how big will a eye have to be before you dump them in a pond to avoid something thing like that.
Are they a one time fish or will they reproduce in a pond
Probably a dumb question but could you put a small pump on your tank and introduce the water from the holding tank at a slow rate so the temps mix with out a rapid change
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Post by esshup on Apr 11, 2022 23:04:55 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that I know you got a lot of time and effort in them already So how big will a eye have to be before you dump them in a pond to avoid something thing like that. Are they a one time fish or will they reproduce in a pond Probably a dumb question but could you put a small pump on your tank and introduce the water from the holding tank at a slow rate so the temps mix with out a rapid change The problem was the transport tank wouldn't come down in temp. I was pumping in well water..... Not cold enough. That won't be a problem next time, the holding tank water will be warmer. Yes to the pump the holding tank water into the transport tank, but it was already 9pm and I didn't want to be outside all night long. I should have waited until the next morning and moved them like I did with the last few hundred fish that survived no problem. As long as the temp is within a degree from transport tank to pond it isn't a big deal. They won't reproduce in a pond unless you have the right substrate and enough wave action, just like in a lake. Typically they are 5"-9" when they are stocked in a pond, and I want to get them to 10"-12".
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Post by budd on May 6, 2022 16:17:53 GMT -5
Question, how does the state stock lakes so easily? I've been at 3 different lakes and witnessed the fisheries pull in and start dumping walleye fingerlings and I never seen them check for water temp, mixing or anything like that. Literally pull in, backup and dump. They should be setting nets for egg collecting next week just up the road from my house on Cutfoot Lake, they are the Winnibigoshish strain of walleye. Ill walk out to the nets and get some video for you. For the first time since I've lived here the fisheries never setup their nets for milking walleye on Cutfoot Lake, they said the very late ice, late spawn, and opener in a couple weekends that they decided to call it off. They are just starting to run around my place, still a lot of ice on the lake's, rivers are all open.
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