Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

somewhere between April and August

I would have thought it would be the same as humans, if energy in is greater than energy out excess energy is stored as fat.

For trout (as with human children) energy out is dynamic as a factor of movement, but probably static in regards to maximum growth rate.

i.e. feed too little and the trout will still move/exercise but they will have reduced growth rate but feed too much and they will reach their maximum growth rate and the exess food becomes fat.

I guess this is why aquaculture has developed optimum feed rates. Fish fat is wasted food.

Pulled another 10 out this weekend...

Very impressive, chillidude! Do you utilise any aspects of ikejime in your fish butchering style?

Yeah, I call it inaccurate ikejime !

Put a knife behind the back of the skull, then rotate it forward through the head, so pretty much the whole skull get's butterflied - can't miss the brain that way.

Nice work chilli

You know, ever since I first learned about ikejime when I was a mad fisherman living in Darwin in the early '90s, I have dispatched every decent fish I've caught by sticking it in the brain, cutting its throat and then putting it in an ice slurry (or at least on freezer blocks). This was how to do it according to the NT Fisheries Dept experts, who gave an amazing presentation, complete with demonstrations, to my fishing club. They even presented fillets for our inspection that had been taken from an ikejimed fish 13 (maybe 17?) days before and kept refrigerated, with no apparent loss of quality.
Just this morning when I searched on ikejime to confirm the spelling I came across this article which throws a new light on the whole process. I reckon it is worth reading.

Yeah, good article PLJ. Very educational.

I knew about the maturing of the fish as it came up in the book, The Story of Sushi. Must try and organise a tasting of the different ages at home one weekend.

i finally get to brag...

here are two of my biggest (that i could net anyway) and they will be getting bigger as they are back in the tank

this guys needs a diet


and this one is simply solid!!

Great looking fish IceMan

My first shot at smoking trout on the weekend.....

Look forward to the bigger ones

Very nice indeed Rooster, was it good?

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Nice fish Rooster, and looks like a good job with the smoking. How'd it taste ?

Very nice all.

My temps have climbed, water is dirtier, and the small fish are staying small. Might pull the big ones earlier than expected to balance things out.