Thanks ewest. That is good reading.
The article describes shiner schooing activity as small schools. Maybe my fish are traveling in relatively small groups and number of schools is also low.
Until about a month ago, the elodea was covering as much as 75% of the pond volume. We spent many hours over a few days dragging the stuff out, forming large piles on the shores of the pond. As the shiners chose submergent vegetation for spawning habitat, they should have had more than they needed. I'll be watching for aggregations of fry.
I have seen, on a few occasions, a silvery fish leap a couple or three or more feet through the air as if trying to escape from a predator. These jumping individuals appear to be 5" to 7" long, consistent with what a GSH could look like.
Those of you with established GSH populations, do you see them jump in this way?
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