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Interestingly enough in a month the tables will be turned. ;\) The yoy and last years small LMB will be hanging out at the edge of the BG beds waiting and watching. Then in a mad rush one or more will invade the BG colony and grab up eggs and fry by the mouthful. \:o The large BG will counter and drive them off all the while small BG (2-4in) will be picking off stray yoy BG and yoy LMB. Oh the carnage of it all.
















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Central Miss - LMB have spawned in one pond and there are swim up LMB fry in schools. Some LMB yet to spawn. Pics tomorrow maybe. RES and BG are spawning. No BG or RES fry yet.
















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Here are the pics - proof of the events taken today.






























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Beautiful little guys, ain't they?


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those are great pics eric!

none of my fish have yet spawned so far as i can tell.


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As usual he sets the bar many of us strive for!

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Al I just got tired of taking crummy pics in the water. I could see the fish great with my $ 7 yellow tint strike king uv glasses but the pics were bad. I tried putting the glasses in front of the lens - better but to much tint. I went to the camera shop and ask what would get the glare off the water . They said a uv filter. Daaaaa - that was stupid question. The lens was more than $ 7 but does the job.
















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Water temps briefly hit 60 degrees late last week until a cold front came though, saw a small number(2-3)of unattended beds at the pond this weekend. If the weather warms up and stays warm I would not be suprised to see the LMB spawning here in the next 2-3 weeks.



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Cent Miss water temps 75 F. BG on the beds (many) LMB have spawned. BG feeding on pellets very well. RES are feeding on pellets along with them.
















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Central Ohio May 3, 2008

0.9 acre pond, max depth 9-10 feet

Surface Temp 65.1 deg F
2' deep Temp 64.4 deg F

LMB are OFF the beds. I don't know if they pulled off a spawn or not - no sign of fry/swim-up observed yet.

BG are in shallow water where they will be spawning are are biting very well. Small juvenile LMB right there in the shallows with them and also biting heavy.


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Water temps are now a little bit above 60 degrees here and the bass are sitting on beds, I caught two in the 13-14" range with bloody tails that looked like the were spawned out. My best guess is that the bulk of the LMB spawn will happen in the next 10-14 days.



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I saw some YOY BG in the shallows of one pond this weekend but missed the first nesting due to turbid/muddy water. No sign in the other pond. Gotta get another temp guage. Mine read 76 degrees and I know that's wrong.


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Great photos Ewest.

I didn't see any fish sitting on spawing beds at my place last week.

I did see tons of very small fry. Gams possibly? Don't know.


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Jax Fla area 5-1-08

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Pond temperature now 80 degrees. The second stringers (Bream) have just left the beds. I can see small bream around structure from the first of this years spawn. I did not see the clouds of LMB or Bream fry that most have observed in their ponds. I suppose they were quickly gobbled up by larger fish. The LMB wolf pack that patrols the shallow water has grown from four to eight each 18+ inches. It is interesting to see the quick change in the BG behavior when they are near.




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Central Ohio May 5, 2008

0.9 acre pond, max depth 9-10 feet

Surface Temp 71.5 deg F
2' deep Temp 67.7 deg F

LMB fry observed near shore, so the bass have gotten off at least a partial spawn. BG/RES are on the spawning beds (and off the feed; only juvenile BG taking pellets).


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Central Oklahoma: I don't have a temp on the water, but I have a lot of CNBG fry in the shallows. The water is still pretty murky so I can't see the nests.


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2.5 acre aerated (bottom diffuser) pond, 13' max depth in Central Indiana. 12" below surface was 63F at 11AM today. Lots of edge activity but doesn't appear to be spawn related.



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52.5 surface temp here in SW Minnesota. Nothing happening. though the turtles and frogs are active.


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After a good cold front with rain Saturday waters temps were 58-61 degrees on 5/11/08.

Last night, 5/14/08, water temps were 65 degrees. Based on a very recent and sudden change in body conditions I believe that most of our LMB have spawned now. I would say that better tan 90% have done their thing.

What really made me smile was that I saw 2 SMB getting frisky and swapping slime last night in front of the house. There are two SMB nests about 10ft apart, I was very surprised to see that a SMB nest looks very much like a jumbo sized BG nest, basically a large very cleaned out crater the size of a trash can lid.
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The SMB crater nest looks a lot like this and is in 2ft of water.

http://www.pbmphoto.com/bas-90-1.htm


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I went out last night and the BG have just started making nests. There is one 14" SMB still guarding the nest and chasing BG off.



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Due to poor visability I cant see a thing.Wter temp dropped from 74 to 71 due to heavy recent rains.Saw a lot of activity this morning and the fish woundnt take food but were feeding on SOMETHING pretty good.It may be CC fry.


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Here is a picture from this morning of a SMB guarding it's nest, this is the same nest they were swapping slime in Wednesday afternoon. \:\)





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Shorty you see any black dots (SMB fry for those who don't know) yet. I am thinking if you get some dots it may be time to set up the blocking net again. \:D --







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ewest, I have not taken that close of a look yet, the SMB spooks fairly easy as you walk along the bank. Is it 3-5 days for the egss to hatch? I may have to set up a blocking net in the morning.



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Central Ohio May 24, 2008

0.9 acre pond, max depth 9-10 feet

Surface Temp 73.4 deg F
2' deep Temp 68.8 deg F

BG/RES are BACK on the spawning beds after a cold streak that dropped water temp by 12+ degrees for a couple of weeks. There has been no evidence that they were at all successful the first time. Mating dances observed on RES beds near shore. Hubba, hubba!


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