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6:04 pm
August 28, 2013
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This is a little late, but i haven't had the time to get on here with my work schedule. Figured I would post some pics from the stocking of the susky in my backyard as well as Francis Slocum. Great experience, and would definitely do it again. Making a aerator tank was simple and in total ran me about $35. It also doubles as a great bait holding tank for short periods of time.
loaded down and ready to go. I was surprised at how well the boat got up with all of the weight over the nose. hooray for 2 stroke 3.0Ls haha.
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Monsters in training
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Some nice scenery to boot
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6:07 pm
August 28, 2013
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All in all we stocked 2000 fish. 1500 in the Susky and 500 in Francis Slocum. we had roughly 20-25 casualties in all, which i think is pretty damn good. Hopefully i'll get to tangle with a few of these guys in 4-5 years. ;D
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6:39 pm
March 22, 2004
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Lenny,
Great job! Thanks for your efforts and for posting the pics.
DL
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7:36 pm
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March 5, 2007
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Thanks for helping out with the float stocking and the great pictures!! The fish look really fat and healthy!
Much appreciated...Silvia
"The Wrecking Crew"
8:41 pm
October 1, 2008
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Great work Lenny. Great to see someone new jumping in and contributing in a big way. Thanks!
11:54 pm
March 18, 2013
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Great job Lenny
7:35 am
August 28, 2013
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Thanks all! It was great to be able to hopefully improve a fishery right in my back yard. Anyone have a ballpark on mortality rate for these little guys? I did see one get hit by a smallie when stocking... :-[
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11:37 am
October 1, 2008
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Not sure if it's scientific in any way but I've heard estimates of a 10% survival rate to maturity for the fry. It may seem low but 200 nice tigers in your local waters sounds pretty good 8)
1:12 pm
August 28, 2013
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We stocked all pures mike. But that doesn't sound too far off unfortunately.... I would imagine that a larger stock of fish, say 10-12" would fair much better but is probably much more expensive. I think that dan, who was the Pfc officer said they averaged 6.5".
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4:14 pm
July 18, 2012
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First I would like to echo the appreciation for your help with the stocking effort. As for their future, anyones guess. Pures had a rough time this year in all of the hatcheries while the Tigers did very well. I would expect the same in the wild. It will be interesting to see what the State stocking plan will be for next year. I also expect our relashionship with area biologist to begin to grow and who knows where we can go from there.
Kevin Lerch
Stocking Director
12:50 am
August 28, 2013
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Kevin wrote:
First I would like to echo the appreciation for your help with the stocking effort. As for their future, anyones guess. Pures had a rough time this year in all of the hatcheries while the Tigers did very well. I would expect the same in the wild. It will be interesting to see what the State stocking plan will be for next year. I also expect our relashionship with area biologist to begin to grow and who knows where we can go from there.
Thanks Kevin! Count me in for next year.
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1:06 am
April 10, 2010
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Well done Lenny.... nice low cost set up to get the fish in the water and all backed up with a photo log.
1:24 am
April 29, 2007
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Thanks for sharing the pictures and helping stock the wonderfull susky! I'd agree with the 10 percent rate as an average survival rate, but it depends on the body of water. For the susky..with it's great musky habitat...it's probably much higher.
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