Actually the yellow perch eggs were in 43F water after a day of sunshine and water temps at 3ft were 41.9F, 6ft 40.9. Pond had thin ice the previous 6 days. I have never seen YP eggs in water that cold. Usually the water has to be stable temps 47F -49F before I see the first eggs. The eggs were laid the previous night in shallow water with small cobble on the bottom among some of last year's emergent plant stems. Sun shining on the bottom probably warmed the water in that area slightly. B.Lynch said he had eggs last week during a slight warming trend and before the Monday's snow water temps were running 36-38F with thin ice some mornings.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/25/13 04:56 PM.
