ReinertsonTaxidermy
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Anyone know a good place close to Morning Sun to buy them? Terrible winter kill on the pond. They all died and some were monsters.
. So you will need a way of keeping them alive while you transport them.
Thanks guys, it was heartbreaking to walk up to the pond on Saturday with poles in hand.. Just to see all those dead fish. Never got a bite so I'm assuming the bass, crappie, catfish are dead on the bottom
When we got fish 2 yrs ago, we met the state fish guy at the intersection of hwy 1 & 2, by the old Lamplighter gas station. He told us to bring barrels filled with water from our pond.. worked great for us, but we r only a few mi from there..
FYI, when I got my fish at Keosauqua a few years ago, I then had to hot foot it back to my place, which is about a 30 minute trip. I had a few floaters by the time I got back there, but it was my fault for not being properly set up. Had I had more water and/or more/better aeration I am sure I would have been fine. Just another episode in a long line of my semi-botched up habitat projects! So if you have to travel a ways, you really need to consider how you are going to keep them alive.
Don't bet on the rest being dead. When my home pond winterkilled a few years back they ALL floated up at ice out. What a mess! Since then I installed an aerator system. Hopefully that won't happen again. If all your floaters were grass carp, I'll bet most of the rest are still OK. Water's probably too cold for much action yet. Randy Beemer from Bedford, IA www.beemerfisheries.com/ will ship you fish, including grass carp, at a reasonable price.