Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Michigan Pond Stock/Habitat

Your early spring collected 1"BG in MI were very likely spawned and hatched in late August something that does happen fairly often on a limited basis with a few late "blooming" female BG in the northern ponds. As the water cools in Sept-Oct growth was minimal thus you are now seeing the 1"ers. One inch to 1.4" BG can occur commonly in many ponds late in the summer. Limited amounts of plankton helps slow the growth of these late summer produced fry.

See the addition to my snail comment above.