I have had it in both ponds. The first time, intentionally, with spawning structures I placed and later removed. A very small number of young CC survived LMB (and BG ??) predation. The second is in my SMB pond, where a few stocked CC found spawning options in structures I put in for SMB and YP (Tire tunnels? Concrete culverts? Log pile? I don't know which, and the catfish I catch won't squeal.) SMB predation (with admittedly lower bass numbers) does not eliminate a lot of CC young. I'm taking out every one I catch.

CC spawning in ponds, given structures they can use, is fairly common. Fry and young CC survival depends upon the predation present.

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