I saw my first YP egg ribbon on March 11th last year. I ended up with over 100 ribbons in all. The first one showed up on the west side of the pond. My south end is in the shade, so I don't think it heats up as fast. I threw down a branch about every 20 yards last year. I'm not sure I'm going to put that many in this year. I also put the wrong type of branch down last year. They were too open with just a few limbs off the main section. I'm going to try cedars and plum and peach tree branches this year. I'm figuring with that many ribbons I had to have some successful recruitment. My traps immediately fill completely with tadpoles, so I've had very little luck at really judging recruitment success. I will be happy to keep track of dates and water temps, and the location of the ribbons. One question, where do you all get temps? My thermometer hangs off the dock about 20" deep, and 20' from shore. Is there a standard location I should be using? I was at the pond yesterday. Has about 1" of ice on it. And it's down about 3.5' due to the continued drought we are having. It's got to rain sometime. Will you want to add in to the database the other species we have stocked?
Thanks for starting this thread.
Jeff
Last edited by SetterGuy; 01/01/1710:50 AM.
12 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
