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Post by greghopper on Mar 5, 2024 18:04:01 GMT -5
Any know anything about this place?  |
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Post by featherduster on Mar 5, 2024 21:47:57 GMT -5
I have purchased fish from them several times when they would travel to Plymouth, Indiana.
They were easy to deal with, their prices were reasonable and their fish were of good quality and healthy.
You don't need to bring anything to transport the fish they put them in heavy plastic bags that are injected with air.
I have transported them for over an hour with no loss.
I recommend this business.
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Post by esshup on Mar 5, 2024 23:40:09 GMT -5
Yep, they have been around for a long time. Bring 5 gal buckets to put the bags in, that keeps them from rolling around.
The triploid grass carp though, by state law they have to personally stock them in your pond, they can't bag them and let you take them. If going into a pond with existing Largemouth Bass, the Triploids have to be close to 50% of the length of the largest bass in there or the will become expensive fish food. That's why we only stock 12"+ Triploids.
Black crappie shouldn't be stocked in ponds less than 20 acres unless you have an existing predator base AND you plan on fishing the snot out of them. They spawn sooner than 90% of the rest of the fish in the pond and the newly hatched Black Crappies can and will eat a lot of the other newly hatched fish in the pond. We will stock Hybrid Crappie, which have less of a spawn than either of the parents, but we still don't recommend stocking them in ponds without an established predator base, an established self sustaining minnow population (typically Golden Shiners) AND the pond owner will harvest the amount needed to keep the growth rates good. The Hybrid Crappie can get to 12"+ in 3 years if enough food is available and that is stocking 2 1/2"-4" fish.
Tomorrow when I get in the office I'll throw up our fish price sheet. We deliver to the pond.
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Post by beermaker on Mar 6, 2024 5:57:40 GMT -5
I've bought from them a few times. I picked up the fish at the feed store in Scottsburg. I'd get the order in asap to ensure availability.
I don't own any ponds, but my former employer wanted me to stock two of his. The one was a 100% start from nothing. The spillway pipe failed and drained the pond. After reconstruction, I stocked it and the fish did great. It now has healthy bass, bluegill, and red ear. It's hard to tell with the other one. It was way overpopulated with bass. I caught and kept all I could before adding bluegill and red ear. I have caught some really nice bluegill, both hybrid and regular, but not a single red ear.
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Post by greghopper on Mar 6, 2024 7:02:31 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Mar 7, 2024 12:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by steiny on Mar 7, 2024 17:55:01 GMT -5
Buy local, use Essup, he delivers.
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Post by esshup on Mar 7, 2024 20:57:07 GMT -5
IF everything falls into place I will be getting between 5,000 and 10,000 1 1/4" Smallmouth to feed train and raise in June. They should be 3"-4" by mid October, maybe bigger. I don't know the price yet, I don't know what they will cost me plus I have to drive to Colorado to get them.
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Post by steiny on Mar 8, 2024 15:15:04 GMT -5
Question ...... What are those fish rearing ponds alongside hwy 69 near Martinsville?
Who owns that operation?
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Post by esshup on Mar 8, 2024 17:25:41 GMT -5
Question ...... What are those fish rearing ponds alongside hwy 69 near Martinsville? Who owns that operation? Cikana State Fish Hatchery. The ones East of 69 and North of State Road 44? |
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Post by duff on Mar 8, 2024 20:08:37 GMT -5
Question ...... What are those fish rearing ponds alongside hwy 69 near Martinsville? Who owns that operation? I tried to buy bulk shiners from them several yrs ago but needed a bait dealer's license. Probably good thing I couldn't buy them. |
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Post by esshup on Mar 8, 2024 20:45:32 GMT -5
Question ...... What are those fish rearing ponds alongside hwy 69 near Martinsville? Who owns that operation? I tried to buy bulk shiners from them several yrs ago but needed a bait dealer's license. Probably good thing I couldn't buy them. Clear Creek is on the South Side of 44, I wonder which one he's talking about? North side or South side? |
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Post by greghopper on Mar 9, 2024 8:05:15 GMT -5
Buy local, use Essup, he delivers. There is diffently plenty options when buying bulk depending on your location in the state…local is always best. |
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Post by greghopper on Mar 19, 2024 4:30:34 GMT -5
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