SWCD sets deadline for anual fish sale orders

CANFIELD -- Orders for the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District's semi-annual fall fish sale must be placed by Tuesday and be accompanied with payment.
Order forms may be obtained from Mahoning County SWCD office at 490 S. Broad St., or by calling (330) 533-2231. The district Web site, www.mahoningswcd.org, also has fish sale information and a form to download.
Species available are fingerling largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, redear shellcrackers, crappies, perch, minnows and white amur.
Orders will be available between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Education Building at Canfield Fairgrounds.
Buyers must provide five to eight gallons of pond water per 100 fish of each species and five gallons of water for every two white amur, which must be separated from other fish. Suggested containers are 30-gallon trash cans lined with trash bags.