Backyard Aquaponics
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OK well here is rather poor attempt, but it is the first out of the tank as it was crook and hand caught, so thought i would post it anyways.

Weighing it at a massive 180g, hahahaha



I am trying to feed up the rest of the tank to get some decent growth out of them but have had a few issues with Ph, through the winter.

We had a planeed power outage today so I used the time to harvest and smoke a dozen trout. The power came on in time to vac pack them



If this photo collage is too big just say snd I will delete it.

Image size is fine Faye. What type of smoker do you have? Looks like mine but bigger.

Thanks

Ummm a well used one Charlie.

I bet it is Faye lol, what is it now? 6 seasons of trout?

Yep, looks the same as mine except a little bigger.

Nice - what vac pack do you guys use? Would you recommend it?

Aah it's our 7th season Charlie. Time flies when you're having fun.
Mine is a Sunbeam Foodsaver, seems okay I haven't tried any others.

Mines a Sunbeam as well and works good. Just make sure the seal line is dry

Thank you very much, Grumpytrout: now I can relax with the knowledge that my trout aren't the smallest of anyone's for 2013!

I thought I was going to post the smallest trout lol







Even though they're small I'm happy for 3 reasons.

1. They make me nostalgic for when I used to catch trout as a kid using a chicken wire net and kicking under tree roots

2. I grew them myself in my backyard

3. They were amazingly tasty

Maybe next year Rupe won't sell me runts and I'll get bigger ones Also I haven't harvested them all yet I still have 24 left in the tanks. Hopefully they have another 2 weeks or so in them although it's time to get SP and I am overstocked as it is as I haven't brought my 3rd growbed online.

I've got the same runts as you Tschard....

C'mon Rupe, dont you keep the biggest and best ones for yourself like I do.
I always sell all my runts to PLJ, though of course he is none the wiser to this.

LOL!