Try this link for SMB spawning beds.

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92626#Post92626

Cody Notes:
See this link to an edited Pond Boss magazine article in Bass Resource.com about SMB spawning and nest building by Bill Cody. The article with all pictures is available as PBoss mag back issue Jul-Aug 2009.
https://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/smallmouth-spawning.html

Here is another thread about SMB spawning nests, however many of the photos from Photobucket do not show. It is sad they did this to users.
Thread from 2008
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=133541&page=1



Ideal spawning nests for smallmouth bass are basically those shown in the ewest-TJ pictures in the link above. Structure as coarse cover is beneficial near, close to or beside the nest. Some early nest design found it helpful to have a slab wood log on top of the nest. TJ should be writing a PBoss article about his experiences with successful spawning of smallmouth bass.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/27/19 01:10 PM.