Henk:Thanks..I will just have to keep waiting till I get to some "real" trout waters, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Henk Verhaar To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Trout Pond Opened Here On 3 May, 2007, at 9:04, Chuck Alexander wrote: Folks: We have a guy who opened a (stocked) trout pond here recently..I will NOT be fishing there cause it is $3.50 a pound and you MUST keep (and buy) all you catch.. Anyway, my question is.. How can these (rainbows) survive the Summer here??? The water temp here in the lakes, ponds etc is already between 76-80 degrees. It has been 94-95 degrees for the past three days..Won't these fish die??? Thanks, Chuck Not necessarily. Aeration is much more important than water temps. Good trout ponds have lots of aeration devices. Unless hot spells last very long, trout can survive in well aerated water. They WILL become very lethargic; they can be caught under circumstances like that, but it won't help their survival, plus they don't put up anything even remotely resembling a fight... =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 26 136034 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< ===============================
