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Improved version of proven and successful SMB spawning beds.
In this link are pictures of TJ's new version of raised spawning beds for SMB plus pictures of old silted spawn beds. Smallies do have the ability to sweep almost all the silt out of a gravel depression to clean it for a spawning site. TJ's raised beds allow for good water circulation from below and silt to sift through the nest site which will probably increase the hatch success of the eggs. Note that with the bottom of the nest 'open', newly hatched non-swimming fry could fall or drop through the nest and pallet into an area or zone unprotected the male bass. This may or may not lead to some fry predation if fry fall completely through the nest??? TJ reports excellent hatches from his SMB nest sites.
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