Keeping Trout

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i do alot of trout fishing ( i live in san diego) and i would get it from a hatchery cuase trout normally die after getting caught, one hatchery thats a possibility is mount whitney when i went fishing in the sierra mountains we stopped there and looked around they have a paper that says how much it is to buy trout i dont remember but i thought it was like $25 for a family of rainbow trout, by the way what type of trout do you plan to get? but whitney feeds their trout some type of pellets. hope this helps!
 
hulstrout;4465514; said:
65-68 on the temp. will be fine as long as you keep them well oxygenated, oxygen is the key. Lots of water movement and aeration.
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+1 ;)

fishperson;4465580; said:
i would get it from a hatchery cuase trout normally die after getting caught
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Well, of course they do when you throw them in the cooler after you catch them... :popcorn: I know what you're saying though. Larger trout seem to take it harder than juveniles. Big thing for a successful release is making sure you hold them in the water long enough for them to recover from the fight. If you just toss them back in the water after struggling on the line for a couple minutes, they are often going to go belly up from exhaustion. Hold them right-side up in the water for a couple minutes and move them back and forth to keep water flowing over the gills and they will usually recover and swim off on their own before long.

I'd just toss them in the cooler though. :grinno:
 
warmouth;4465140; said:
Your temps would be good for a number of trout.....depending on how many trout you want is the big factor in aeriation and filtration. The trout at the hatcheries around here are fed pellets, in the wild they eat lots of scuds, insects and small fish; you should e-mail one of the many trout hatcheries to get more info. on how much you will need and parameters for a 1800 gallon. Shepherd of the Hills fish Hatchery is about an hour away from where I live and they have several resident experts you could e-mail.
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could i have there emails mplease?
hulstrout;4465514; said:
You will probably be much better off getting your trout from a hatchery. Talk to them about how many to stock. Trout will eat pretty much any of the foods you mentioned, but if you are going to have a lot of them you will probably have to supplement with pellets just to keep them fed. Purina makes a trout chow available in large bags that would be much more economical than small containers of pellets from the pet store. Check with the hatchery on where they get their pellets. Trout can be voracious feeders. 65-68 on the temp. will be fine as long as you keep them well oxygenated, oxygen is the key. Lots of water movement and aeration.
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its not also about the pellets is just that am scared if they wont eat.... ive had this happened before in large ponds they just simply dont eat cause they dont find it most of the times... but am seeing with trout more of them = more comterable.

fishperson;4465580; said:
i do alot of trout fishing ( i live in san diego) and i would get it from a hatchery cuase trout normally die after getting caught, one hatchery thats a possibility is mount whitney when i went fishing in the sierra mountains we stopped there and looked around they have a paper that says how much it is to buy trout i dont remember but i thought it was like $25 for a family of rainbow trout, by the way what type of trout do you plan to get? but whitney feeds their trout some type of pellets. hope this helps!
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thanks! am looking for the easyest trout basicly to keep, and something that likes to school in large numbers!

Dark Jester;4466041; said:
+1 ;)



Well, of course they do when you throw them in the cooler after you catch them... :popcorn: I know what you're saying though. Larger trout seem to take it harder than juveniles. Big thing for a successful release is making sure you hold them in the water long enough for them to recover from the fight. If you just toss them back in the water after struggling on the line for a couple minutes, they are often going to go belly up from exhaustion. Hold them right-side up in the water for a couple minutes and move them back and forth to keep water flowing over the gills and they will usually recover and swim off on their own before long.

I'd just toss them in the cooler though. :grinno:
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so there kinda like sharks they need to have lots of water flow to breathe? am sure live plants will help alot with the filteration right?just to be sure i might buy another 2,000ghp pump so have 2x in there and then the third one will be for the filter. i might also change the filter to carbon + live plants.
 
Filtration isn't really your big issue. It's the current that you need.
You will need lots of water movement in the pond to keep the Trout. With-out this, you will notice breathing problems, and sometimes death.
LOTS of Oxygen, lots of current, and cold water.
All essentials to keeping a Trout. ;)
 
since when do trout eat krill in the wild feed pellets its cheap. i have a 3,000 gallon pond and my fish find the pellets no problemo.
 
Tiger trout might be the easiest because they are a Brown trout hybrid but dont get as big. Heres the only contact info I could find (I have personnally gone down to the hatchery and talked to these people, but I cannot find the e-mail I was given sorry),
Address Information

Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery 483 Hatchery Road
Branson, MO, 65616


Phone: 417-334-4865 x Ext. 0
Fax: 417-334-4996 They raise many different fish but trouts their specialty.
 
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