Road base on top of old carpet is working for my 'gills down here, too, Brad. Some smaller males are using the east side of my 1/4 acre pond. A larger, approximately 10" bull, has his redd on the west side. These are all in about 18" of water.
I've got spawning bed at other spots around the pond, some in this water depth and some in water up to 3' deep. I can't see any activity at these other locations. All the spots that I've developed are old carpet covered with 1" to 5" of road base. Most of my bigger BG, about 8 to 10 males in the 9 1/2" to 11" range, have not built their redds yet. They're still goofing off around the dock, munching on mealworms. They certainly are Not supressing the spawning activity of the 6" males, as I had hoped.
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