Sawning of FHM reportedly starts at 60F and will continue to 86F. Spawning sites preferred are flat surfaces in shallow water up to 3" deep and away from larger fish that will eat the spawner FHM. When eggs hatch the best habaitat for the hatchlings is the shallow water with large amounts of some dense type of good small fish habitat such a brushy tree tops where larger fish have a more difficult time catching the slow swimming small FHM; even the adult FHM are slow swimmers.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/02/25 07:25 PM.

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