STILL waiting for my first YP spawn, I am starting to think my YP are sterile
Do you have brush, weeds, etc. in deeper water they may be dropping their eggs on?
In addition to stumps and Christmas trees this year I pushed a 40 foot long tree into the pond near my dock to get the branches into deeper water than last year. If this doesnt work I give up. I am seeing quite a few large perch when I am feeding so I know they are in there
My point is they may be dropping their eggs in deeper water where you can't see them. Bill Cody and I put brush in less than 3 feet of water near the shoreline. One year before I used Aquashade, and had swimming pool clear water, I observed some egg strands laying on the bottom in the deepest water.
I just removed four or five strands from the big pond again that were distributed under the floating algae in some brush. Sneaky! Today I'm gong to rake out the floating algae mats so I don't miss any egg strands. I did see one of the smallmouth I planted last fall the other other day. And the toads are already laying their eggs.
Still no egg strands in the broodstock pond. I do remember that last time I did this they seemed somewhat delayed when I transferred fish. Perhaps they are delayed by the stress of moving or the new environment?
