Without LMB I am positive you will get successful spawning and recruitment from yellow perch in your location. Just because the young perch are not surviving does not mean they are not spawning. They also say channel catfish do not spawn in ponds but provide enough cover and get rid of the LMB then you will see CC spawn successfully in all ponds.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/10/14 08:12 PM.

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