Thanks for sharing your perch structure findings. That’s interesting the diversity in which they’re laying their ribbons.
I captured a video of the ribbons in the brush. The depth of water was about 5-6’….but the ribbons themselves were only 2’ under the water surface hanging on the brush/twigs. I won’t keep linking videos, but you can find that video if you are curious.
As for the walleye spawning conditions. Yes and yes. We have a plan…we supplement with well water as needed. We’ve needed a lot recently with the leak. But with that trending positive recently, we’re currently about 18” low and rising. Walleye need current and moving water….so we’ve had a massive waterfall built by aquascapes to create that consistent moving water environment that we can control in the spring. Because of our leak and water level, we haven’t been able to turn it on yet, but we’re hopeful that in the next two weeks we’ll be able to fire it up!
I will manipulate rocks and boulders in the shallow flat where the waterfall will pour into the pond to get the right water flow. It’s a work in progress, but that’s our plan, and it’s starting to take shape. You can see the current state of the waterfall on the channel. I’ll update more at each phase of the project.
