Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
Yellow perch eggs from a distance will resemble toilet paper in the water. They can be clumped or draped, ribbon like-elongate based on how they were deposited. Often they will be pulled off the structure where they are laid when the egg strand was not well intertwined with the structure. I have seen perch lay eggs on a bare bottom and then they lie in a clump but when distrubed will look like a round elongted ribbon. If eggs are in a tight jelly like mass they are usually amphibian. Perch eggs are not adhesive - sticky to the branch or weeds.


Well I'm going to have to investigate this more maybe get some pictures. I wouldn't describe them as a tight jelly like mass.
I walked by them today and they are no longer on the stick and fell to the bottom. Will they die?

Yesterday I put some branches in the pond and secured them with a cinder block because the dog will surely try to pull them out. After reading what you wrote I can see that my branches weren't sufficient. Thanks for the info.

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