Sprucegruve Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) i assume its too cold up here around edmonton to start looking right? or should i pull out the old rubber boots and go trudging through some marshes?......once it stops lightly snowing.... Edited April 1, 2012 by Sprucegruve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 If the water is open you can check -- every pond produces at a different rate. the ones that completely dry up in the summer will have food available sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 thank you for the tip,ill check regularly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Nothing there yet- the place that produced yesterday is on range road 281 about 500 meters south of Glenmore trail. Dude, you get around! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekbottom Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 This is a great idea! Question though: If I'm only feeding small tetras and they aren't used to live food, will some of this get away in my tank and cause a problem? I'm thinking having a Daphnia explosion or river shrimp taking over, maybe even hatching my own mosquitoes? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 I wish I had that kind of problem. The fish will clean them up pretty quick well before the critters can breed or hatch. Also there is no such thing as a fish that's not used to live food , they will scarf it down no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Little_One Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I caught my first river shrimp today and I'm hoping to get a small native cold water tank going. I love this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Some of the ponds are really starting to load up now. Got lots of daphnia and fairy shrimp yesterday afternoon in a very short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverpirate Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Great idea! Im gonna go give this a whirl tomorrow. Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Daphnia and the fairy shrimp are out...found me a schwack of the fairy shrimp yesterday...Way more than last year already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted May 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 yup I'm scoring huge amounts of fairy shrimp ... never seen it so thick with em before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted May 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Oh yeah ! Pic or it didn't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 With this warm weather I'm thinking the small ponds might start producing this weekend. I didn't freeze much last year so I'm down to 7 packs of frozen pond mix.. will update as the ponds start giving away free foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Jesus Jorg, compared to a tankfull of tatooed fish this looks like the killing fields of Cambodia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I've never even considered this before. Maybe I should give it a try. Any locations that are close to Okotoks that anyone knows of to gather critters? I've never seen much in the Sheep River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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