Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Yellow perch spawning, the latecomers.

Hello.

Have you ever been very surprised to see Perch ribbons, when the spawning season is over?

Unfortunately I have never taken the dates and the temperature of the water, I intend to start this year.

I ask myself a question, is it always the same Yellow perch that spawning late, while the water is warmer?

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Yes, please (YOU, and ALL OF US) make note of date, temperature of water, and which coordinate of the pond the eggs first appear.

My dates have been surprisingly consistent with a big variety of weather leading up to the date. I wonder if it has to do with number of hours of daylight per day or the phase of the moon?

I have had late comers spawn about a week after the first ribbons seen too.

Try to put out some 'structure' including some cavities. Several of us have noted perch finding some kind of housing to spawn IN rather than random branches. I have had them spawn inside my dome shaped minnow nets rather than the branches that were nearby. I also see eggs in very shallow water laying over a bed of oak leaves, usually on the S or SE corner of the pond first.

Water temps and photoperiod are the major variables. Other factors also come into play such as fish condition , population status (most fish try to fill the pond with their kind). The world is full of outlier unforeseen events.

Hello.

wow,10 May, this morning I saw 4 ribbons, water still at 7c (46f) , it's very cold at night 0c (32f) the heat is suppose to start this week.

My first ribbon this year 2020, 3 April water 8c (47f).

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Azteca, my ribbons were strung out over nearly 30 days as well this year, but it seems the largest ribbons were in the middle of that time frame with smaller ribbons everywhere towards the final end of seeing them.

Our first perch ribbons were at 45*F water temp on April 3rd and lasted for 5 days.

We catch the perch for a Mothers day fish fry. We had one 13" perch that didn't lay her eggs but was stuff full of them. She did taste really good. LOL.