Hey Jeff,

At my pond, I'd say 90% plus of all the bluegill spawing beds (that I can see) are along the eastern shore and the south eastern shore. I believe this is more due to the fact that my pond is the most shallow along the eastern shore and gets consistently deeper towards the western shore.

My blue gill spawning beds seem to be unrelated to shade from the sun.

As far as LMB spawning beds, I don't "see" them that often.


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