I've had similar concerns in my pond. I've removed a lot of the watershield with imazapyr herbicide and created a new spawning area near my dock with 5 wading pools full of pea gravel last year.
This year the BG started using the new spawning area in earnest - spawning in the wading pools and the red ears are spawning between the pools and shoreline. Seems like the BG abandoned a spawning area on the other side of the pond I noticed in previosu years.
I'm hoping the new spawning area it will increase BG recruitment.
Last edited by nvcdl; 07/03/25 01:45 PM.
