Stocking DatesBaxter Land Company
Fingerling Pond 16 (6 acres)
Page last updated: Wednesday, February 09, 2005
| Stocking Dates | Mortalities | Estimated Standing Crop |
| Harvest Dates | Feeding Rates | General Water Quality |
Catfish Stocking
Date |
Head Stocked | Weight Stocked (lb) | Head/acre |
| June 6, 1998 | 606,851 | 40.06 | 101,142 |
| June 22, 1999 | 606,140 | 52.47 | 101,023 |
* Pond was drained after last harvest in 1998 and refilled a few weeks prior to stocking in 1999
Date |
Head Harvested | Weight Harvested (lb) | lb/acre | Average Weight/fish (lb) |
| September 3, 1998 | 79,282 | 3,092 | 515 | 0.039 |
| March 12, 1999 | 261,126 | 19,480 | 3,247 | 0.075 |
| May 15, 1999a | 41,875 | 2,345 | 391 | 0.056 |
| May 15, 1999a | 52,957 | 6,090 | 1,015 | 0.115 |
| May 22, 1999 | 20,338 | 1,505 | 251 | 0.074 |
| May 24, 1999 | 9,189 | 680 | 113 | 0.074 |
| January 20, 2000 | 7,325 | 7,325 | 1,221 | 0.085 |
| March 7, 2000 | 23,255 | 23,255 | 3,876 | 0.097 |
a Fish were graded
| Date | Estimated Mortality (head) | Estimated Mortality (lb) | Diagnosis |
Feed input (lb/acre/day) since initial stocking on June 24, 1999.
Final Production Figures, June 9, 1998 - May 24, 1999
| Weight Stocked (lb) |
Weight Harvested (lb) | Head Stocked | Head Harvested | Gross FCRa | Net FCRb | Total Feed (lb) |
Net Productionc
(lb/acre) |
Mortalityd (%) |
| 40 | 33,192 | 606,851 | 464,767 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 50,250 | 5,525 | 23% |
a Total feed ÷ weight harvested
b Total feed ÷ (weight harvested-weight stocked)
c (Weight harvested-weight stocked) ÷ 9.55 acres
d (Head stocked - head harvested) ÷ head stocked x 100
Water quality since initial stocking on June 9, 1998-May 24, 1999
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