I haven't seen any ribbons yet and my water temperature at the surface was 62 yesterday, it was a nice day for a change. We have had a few warm days this spring but generally I think it's been cooler than normal and we're still getting some 30's at night. Is it too late to get eggs now? My daffodils just started blooming a few days ago if there is any correlation (Bill?)

I put some branches in last fall because I didn't get a spawn the previous spring frown. The branches were 2-3' deep and I moved them shallower to around 1' deep yesterday along with starting up my aerator.

I'm thinking my fish didn't make it through winter. My minnows are doing fine, bluntnose and spotfin shiners and I haven't seen any dead fish but I did find 3 dead frogs at ice out. I originally stocked 30 YP (5-7"), 20 RES (4-6") and 5 WE (7-9") in the fall of 2012. Last summer we caught and released numerous YP and one RES, all original stockers. I would like to remove a couple of WE if they are still in there especially since I'm not getting any spawning. Today I added 25 more YP (5-7").

All of the perch were pellet trained but I never could get them to eat pellets, I think because I have so many minnows. I won't know what survived the winter until I go fishing.

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