Let’s talk about scuds

[fishinwrench]

Here ya go.  This image must have been before my time though, because I remember them being 4.99  

And yep, folks in the town I grew up in had lawns (we called them "yards").   And most of them were pretty big by today's standards too, averaging 3/4 to 1.5 acres.  Complete with a dog pen for the bird dogs and a garden big enough to feed half the town.   

Only the ultra-rich had RIDING MOWERS.  😂  Our neighbor was the county coroner, his kid was a spoiled little punk that got to mow their yard with a sweet JD rider.   I always wanted to punch him in the face. 😅

[ness]

'So eager to please'  

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Here ya go.  This image must have been before my time though, because I remember them being 4.99  

And yep, folks in the town I grew up in had lawns (we called them "yards").   And most of them were pretty big by today's standards too, averaging 3/4 to 1.5 acres.  Complete with a dog pen for the bird dogs and a garden big enough to feed half the town.   

Only the ultra-rich had RIDING MOWERS.  😂  Our neighbor was the county coroner, his kid was a spoiled little punk that got to mow their yard with a sweet JD rider.   I always wanted to punch him in the face. 😅

I had purchased them as a kid. Got a few to hatch and thought it was too difficult at the time to keep up with their water changes and they got stinky pretty quick. Now we raise millions every day to feed our fish and invertebrates. you never know how things will turn out.

About the original scud question, there are warm water and cold water species. The warm water ones, e.g., Hyalella sp. are not difficult to raise, but that is on a small scale, like thousands. We don't waste our time on trying to rear the coldwater species like Gammarus sp. due to water usage, diet and cannibalism. When we test Gammarus we will use field collected animals. I would think that it would take a considerable effort to try to rear them in large scale production.

[fshndoug]

Wrench I thought you didn't like monkeys.I bet you didn't keep them in your room at night.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

On 12/7/2020 at 3:04 PM, fishinwrench said:

Who here didn't have "Sea Monkeys" as a kid?  

Hell, i had them last Christmas. Had one that got almost an inch long.......It was all for my little boy though!

[Gavin]

Gambas al Ajillio....best there is!

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, fshndoug said:

Wrench I thought you didn't like monkeys.I bet you didn't keep them in your room at night.

I knew they weren't real monkeys.  I always got an A in Science 😊 

Hell, nobody has a patent on Scuds....Let's reintroduce these pets as "River Ferrets" and make some cash on this deal !    They'll sell like hot cakes on Facebook.  It will help fund our fishing habits. 

[laker67]

18 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I knew they weren't real monkeys.  I always got an A in Science 😊 

Hell, nobody has a patent on Scuds....Let's reintroduce these pets as "River Ferrets" and make some cash on this deal !    They'll sell like hot cakes on Facebook.  It will help fund our fishing habits. 

I could have gathered them by the thousands while fishing taneycomo yesterday. Every time a boat wave washed onto the bank it would leave hundreds on the bank. They would all start scrambling back towards water. That is if you can call a scud moving, "scrambling".

[fishinwrench]

5 minutes ago, laker67 said:

I could have gathered them by the thousands while fishing taneycomo yesterday. Every time a boat wave washed onto the bank it would leave hundreds on the bank. They would all start scrambling back towards water. That is if you can call a scud moving, "scrambling".

You had a literal FORTUNE at your feet.  🤑

[fshndoug]

I am in on this deal,can't miss.