10-30-2002, 11:42 PM
I started keeping archives on "The Best of the Best", for UtahFishFinder. Around the middle of May, this year, Kent Jasperson posted a response from Tom Pettingill on this very issue. Here 'tis:
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I received the following from Tom Pettingill in response to questions that I emailed to him. Thought you might enjoy reading his response. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]"The wipers were stocked in two size groups last year. We stocked 500,000 fry and approximately 300,000 2" fingerlings. In last fall's gill netting the fingerlings out numbered fry by 10:1. Not surprising that the larger fish survived better than smaller ones. Growth was also less on fry plant than on fingerlings. Fry stocked fish were about 2" smaller in nets last fall than fingerlings. We are doing the same thing this year. Just as cheap to purchase a million fry as 500,000. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I received the following from Tom Pettingill in response to questions that I emailed to him. Thought you might enjoy reading his response. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]"The wipers were stocked in two size groups last year. We stocked 500,000 fry and approximately 300,000 2" fingerlings. In last fall's gill netting the fingerlings out numbered fry by 10:1. Not surprising that the larger fish survived better than smaller ones. Growth was also less on fry plant than on fingerlings. Fry stocked fish were about 2" smaller in nets last fall than fingerlings. We are doing the same thing this year. Just as cheap to purchase a million fry as 500,000. [/size][/font]
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