Discovered a really strange group of eggs at the edge of my 3/4 acre pond in Wisconsin. Photo attached, will try to describe...
Thousands of small eggs approx 2 to 3mm diameter laid into a hollow tube that's approx 3 feet long. Eggs look more like fish eggs than frog or toad spawn.
Yes, that is exactly what they are. Yellow perch lay their eggs in a long gelatinous ribbon, typically on top of some vegetation to hold it off the bottom so that water movement can keep it aerated
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
Definitely look like YP eggs to me too! I have a question that maybe Cecil or someone else can answer?
We always see the eggs around our pond, mostly on the east and North east sides. We have a variety of fish including Suckers in there and never see any YP fry. Is there a way to scoop the eggs and hatch them somehow without leaving them vulnerable to other fish attacks? I was thinking of using something like window screen material to make up a box to place over them in the water. Would this sort of thing work? We do not have a second pond to transfer them to. Thanks
