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Thanks Orkine!I thought about the coons having a feast also. Maybe if I use my wife's brand new blender and make the trees some fish smoothies they won't be able to dig up the goods. Lol I'll have to go net some and give it a go next weekend. Maybe a mortar paddle mixer on a drill in a bucket would help smoothie them up.
So while I was doing some fishing this morning I wondered if cast netting a bunch of small bait fish, rinsing the salts off them and then burying them about 1' under the soil would be a good idea or a bad idea. Only the trees in-ground. Anyone done this before?
If you are just going to use the fish for fertilizer, I would recommend plecostomus. They are an invasive freshwater fish that harms native habitat and is not really used for food by people (or even that much by other fish). As a freshwater species there is no rinsing necessary. They are easy to cast net and you would be helping the environment. It is illegal to transport them live without a permit, btw. I save wood ash to sprinkle over the fish guts that I burry. I think the charcoal and lime in the ash help absorb the smell and keep the coons from digging it up.
i used to shoot invasive groupers and put them in holes around the house. i think i dug at least a foot down.slowly over time, i saw a bulge form. then one night, i heard this <pffffffft> sound. then a few seconds later, dead grouper smell infiltrated the house. so be mindful of the wind and neighbors just in case your attempts fail!