NANFA-- RE: Paddlefish

IndyEsox_at_aol.com
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:46:23 EDT

In a message dated 7/7/02 9:48:31 AM US Central Standard Time,
Moontanman_at_aol.com writes:

<< It would also
be neat to have a paddle fish in my pond after I train it to eat pellets I
could see it when I feed the fish. I have trained other filter feeding fish
to eat pellets and I have read that paddlefish can be trained to do the same.
>>

Pellet fed paddlefish released to the wild are known to go after lures.
Source: talk by Brant Fisher, Indiana DNR non-game aquatic life biologist.

Chuck Church
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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