OK - going against Cecil's advice again, I couldn't help myself but don the waders and check the YP cages for signs of a spawn. Cage one had zero strands, and the female YP I could see still seemed gravid. Cage two actually had one strand on some of the rope, but when I pulled up the cage it rather floated off and away to the bottom of the cage. Uh oh.

I added a weighted bundle of green Ash twigs about 4' long in both cages. I'm thinking it's good news I only saw one strand between the 18 females today as I now have more suitable spawning material for them, then again concerned there was only 1 strand and maybe the females are absorbing their eggs already and I missed my window. Not sure, still a novice on cage spawning YP.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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