Peggy: I know it takes a lot to upkeep a lake or pond, cause I have a cpl friends who have them.. You just won't catch Me giving $3.50 a pound (On the hoof) LOL, to fish them, I can't afford it. It would be my luck that there would be ONE 20 pound trout in there, and I'd catch it and owe the guy 70 bucks LOL..Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Peggy Brenner To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Trout Pond Opened Here Now Chuck, I'll give you a little insite into pond ownership and stocking, we have a 3/4 acre one out back, it's a great practice pond for kids, clubs or trying new fly's. However, the details are to stock costs about $ 3-7 per fish this year, the $7 being for 14 inch rainbows. Then there is the weed triming, willow tree removing, keeping birds that like fish away and taking care to keep the bluegill population down. And the snapping turtles, of course they are also a great moving target to get ready for bird season.....for this I took a course in gun safety, hunter ed, bought a Remington, needed targets, you get the picture. I guess I could average this out against my $286 pheasant I got in my first bird season... We are in New England and it's spring fed, so does stay pretty cool, but even in the heat of summer the trout go down into the deeper holes....so to get more of those we get a excavator, that's 6 dozen flies per hour or cash....you get the picture..And remember that a stocked and fed trout has a different taste, like the fish food and some of it has a liver base..yuk.... But, it's all worth it! Peggy B On 5/3/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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
