Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Spawning and Flooding Problem.

So here in Central PA it has rained 24/7 and my pond is way over its normal holding capacity... but my bass have decide to make there beds up high on banks. with the pond drawing back to normal size how much of a problem is this going to be?

There is a good chance many of those nests will fail. Nature has a way though. Some bass may choose deeper nest sites, others may nest later leading to some success.

Cody:

I have that same problem, but it's usually the Bluegill that end up high and dry. My groundwater pond stays high enough for the LMB to spawn but starts receeding when the BG are on the beds. I'm going to run the well this year if it happens again until the first spawn of BG are off the beds.

Well the rain has come back... its suppose to rain all week and the pond is still a good 10-12inches from there beds so looks like they might be ok. I pulled my aerator up today and found the basket had about a dozen quarter of a inch BG fry in it. I guess they were from late summer or fall.