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I have BG, YP, SMB, FHM, and RES in a pond I had redug and made larger this year. It has a yellow clay bottom with some wood structure added. I would like to add some gravel to the shallower parts 2 to 4 feet deep to provide nesting beds for the SMB. Not sure if perch use them or not. What size gravel works best? Pea gravel seems like it would move around a lot or should I go up one size to road gravel? Thanks.
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Good work fish n chips, great link with tons of info in the links. I copied one pic that I took from the thread of an actual SMB nesting in Lac la Croix Canada. It shows just about perfect conditions as there is large wood just out of the pic 
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Gravel is not used by YP for spawning. Gravel, sand, stones and small rocks are favorable spawning substrates for the nest building sunfishes.
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