Steve...My SMB last year made beds on the bare clay near my dock. I don't know if there was any successful recruitment, but the SMB hovered around the bed for 10-14 days. While I doubt SMB spawning on bare clay is highly successful, I have proof they at least make an effort.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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