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Those are some beautiful pumpkingills Sparkie! Congrats to Jim!!
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Hey Kris - you post a photo to see verify species ID and the thread goes bananas! Welcome to Pond Boss, we are passionate about our fisheries. The topic you introduced has us excited as we don't have many members featuring PS fisheries, especially not robust fish like you are raising. Just wanted to thank you for providing the great information and photos and we look forward to learning more about your goals and helping you to realize them! Keep those PS photos coming!
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More info.
From Bluegills Biology and Behavior by Spotte pg 88 et sec
The breeding seasons of bluegills and pumpkinseeds are slightly offset. Adult male bluegills .. become active about 3 weeks later than pumpkinseeds. .... at one location pumpkinseeds commenced nesting at 13 -17 C bluegills at 17 -23 C.
Pumpkinseeds nest singly or in loose aggregations , sometimes between bluegill colonies , although they can also nest as close as 8-15cm. Bluegills and pumpkinseeds nest predictably each year at the same sites.
The finished pumpkinseed nest is a circular dished depression 20 - 100 cm across .... A finished bluegill nest is 20 -45 cm in diameter.
Bluegills hybridize naturally with ... pumpkinseeds ....
The book notes lots of other similar behavior and data.
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More info.
From Bluegills Biology and Behavior by Spotte pg 88 et sec
The breeding seasons of bluegills and pumpkinseeds are slightly offset. Adult male bluegills .. become active about 3 weeks later than pumpkinseeds. .... at one location pumpkinseeds commenced nesting at 13 -17 C bluegills at 17 -23 C.
Pumpkinseeds nest singly or in loose aggregations , sometimes between bluegill colonies , although they can also nest as close as 8-15cm. Bluegills and pumpkinseeds nest predictably each year at the same sites.
The finished pumpkinseed nest is a circular dished depression 20 - 100 cm across .... A finished bluegill nest is 20 -45 cm in diameter.
Bluegills hybridize naturally with ... pumpkinseeds ....
The book notes lots of other similar behavior and data.
Thanks for posting that info Ewest. Does a good job of answering my original question.
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Thanks TJ as soon as the weather breaks I will send you some pics as I catch them. Thanks to everyone for all the information you have provided also, very interesting and a really great site. I'm gonna try my GoPro camera when the fish spawn and see what kind of pics I get and try to find out where the ps are nesting at. This may get addictive.😬
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If they weren't little evil nipple-biters, I would have PS in my pond too. However, those larger ones have a good bite and they are fearless to swimmers. Too many nips from a public swimming pond has taught me that they are no fun to have around, though they are beautiful and fun to catch!
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Just checking back in on the ps chat. Weather here in Ohio for April has been crazy to say the least. Hopeful for it to stay warmer in a couple of weeks and get some pics of the nice ps we usually catch. Anybody on here anywhere close around northern Ohio?
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I'm in north eastern Ohio, Bill Cody is north western Ohio. There are others that are scattered around us and in between, but they stop by here infrequently.
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Update on the ps talk, I have noticed in my pond there are thousands of tiny snails all around any type of structure. As Bill pointed out maybe that is part of why the ps and "pumpkin gills " are doing well in it. I'm not sure just trying to keep you aware of anything I am seeing that may be of help or information for whoever is interested. We caught two over the weekend that were only five inches long but were true ps as the color was brighter and had the red by the gill spot also.
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