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TadpolePalooza! #567102 05/19/24 07:46 AM
Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 143 Likes: 86 NW OHIO H H20fwler OP
OP H20fwler H Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 143 Likes: 86 NW OHIO	Bullfrog tadpoles along our beach, literally thousands of them have come up in the warm water along beach. I've never seen anything like it, has gotten crazy looks like something from National Geographic. Funny thing this is nothing compaired to all the toad tadpoles around the pond on the riprap. Big and fat, around 4" long didn't see any legs starting yet. I only see 4 or 5 bullfrogs at our pond and they hang out by the dock. Thought I would share a couple pics, our beach is maybe 40' long strip of TP is maybe 3' wide...they can't even get out of each others way. Toad tadpoles are like this all around pond

Re: TadpolePalooza! H20fwler #567106 05/19/24 10:11 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,380 Likes: 419 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,380 Likes: 419 Central Ohio	Time to make a big batch of Peche le Frog. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: TadpolePalooza! H20fwler #567108 05/19/24 11:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,425 Likes: 381 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,425 Likes: 381 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	That is amazing It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa

Re: TadpolePalooza! H20fwler #567109 05/19/24 11:20 AM
Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 583 Likes: 159 Wellsville, KS B Boondoggle
Boondoggle B Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 583 Likes: 159 Wellsville, KS	Holy Smokes that's a ton of tads. Time to invest in noise cancelling headphones before they get to keeping you up all night! 1.5acre LMB, YP, BG, RES, GSH, Seasonal Tilapia I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: TadpolePalooza! H20fwler #567227 05/24/24 07:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 143 Likes: 86 NW OHIO H H20fwler OP
OP H20fwler H Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 143 Likes: 86 NW OHIO	They stayed like that for two days. One of the grandsons and I dip netted a bunch while they were schooled up and put them in buckets and transferred those to one of our wildlife ponds down the road, he loved doing that. Tonight they are doing the same on the opposite side of the pond. They went deep for about a week then came back up.

Re: TadpolePalooza! H20fwler #567259 05/26/24 07:18 PM
Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 223 Likes: 6 Orange, VA N nvcdl
nvcdl N Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 223 Likes: 6 Orange, VA	The bass in my pond go nuts for tadpoles.