Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations planning a PB member Yellow Perch experiment

Perch spawn update. I picked up 100 yearling yellow perch (2016 hatch) Sunday Mar 19. Nice healthy fish direct from the pond. Females were swollen with eggs and males were oozing milt. Water temperatures ranged from 36F-38F in central Ohio March 19. Ice was on the shallow ponds a few days prior. Only a couple ponds had the first few perch egg ribbons in the areas around Columbus OH.

A local guy in NW Ohio told me today he was sure he saw a yellow perch ribbon today Mar 23 on the east shore of his 0.2 ac pond. Water temp I guess was close to 42F since we had two days of 45F-50F air temps. I will keep in contact with him for updates as to how many ribbons are showing up. Tomorrow is to be 70F and should help get the perch spawn started.