So for the first time since I built my newest pond in late 2018, my bluegill are using one of the spawning beds I put in. I put in 3, and this is the only one they are using. It is 1 1/2” road base.

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One of the ones they are not using is 3/4 inch road base. The 3rd one is a little deeper and I can’t remember what I used. Since the one active bed was so crowded, I grabbed my backhoe and a couple of yards of 1 1/2 inch road base and added it to a different part of the pond. I was rewarded today with 3 new nests.

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It is great to see what is working and what isn’t. I’m still working on weed control. Grass carp went in this spring, but it is a long term solution. I’m getting a pretty decent arm workout raking.