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Just got back from the "farm" and the pond was sure alive today!

Minnows jumpin', frogs croakin', turtles bobbin' and a snake leisurely making his rounds around the shoreline. Excited to see things liven up since I haven't noticed any activity in the past two months. I guess Spring is here!

As I watched though, I spotted what I thought was a baby snake until I got closer and realized it was two fish (minnows?) face to face fighting, or doing some funny business. I watched them for about 15 minutes as they went round and round.

Weird thing is, their coloring. They were striped like a zebra. Black and light gold. I certainly didn't stock anything like that, so off to search google images to see if I can find anything that resembles them.

Any idea what they could be?

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Are there YP in your neck of the woods? If so, it might have been 2 young YP trying to eat each other.

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FHM will get light and dark bands when in spawning colors. Adults in spawning colors will look significantly different than what they might have looked like when stocking.


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Poppy, I don't think we have yellow perch here. Few and far between anyway since it gets so warm they all die out. Snrub, I didn't know that. You're probably right then.


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