It seems some of the Yellow Perch I released last summer have had a successful Spawn - I was able to get a couple in my minnow trap.
Thought I'd see if I could catch a trout with one - but got a high-flying SMB to take. He's about 7-8" but no doubt a fan of young perch!
I see these SMB under a ft long from my stocking in fall 2008 - they are eating well crusing the pond edge.
I fertilized the pond - and have got some color - I have about 24" visability right now - down from about 48". Still I cannot duplicate that awesome blue-green bloom from the 1st year of the pond being full
(this pic is from 2008 when it was filling up!)
I did get enough to get rid of a lot of that filamentous algae I was seeing more and more of.
FH
