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Pretty cool good job DNicho! Decent pricing on RES compared to NE.
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Just a quick note: There will be a redear shortage for the suppliers that get them in Arkansas. It seems the cold weather did a number on them this winter even down there. Kind of makes you wonder how adaptable they are up here in the north doesn't it?
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Kind of makes you wonder how adaptable they are up here in the north doesn't it? Maybe for the southern strain, but I know for a fact that they made it thru the winter in my pond. I'll find out next month in other ponds up here when I do some pond population surveys in ponds where they've been stocked.
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I'll be curious to see how the RES I stocked last year fared. With this past winter being the worst we've had in 20+ years, it's a big test. Mine came from a hatchery in southern NC, so not exactly winter tested genetics. That hatchery does raise their own RES, they are not Arkansas imports.
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Few hatcheries in NE entirely lost their YP spawn already this Spring due to the wildly fluctuating temps. I am worrying about my caged YP too.
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Kind of makes you wonder how adaptable they are up here in the north doesn't it? Maybe for the southern strain, but I know for a fact that they made it thru the winter in my pond. I'll find out next month in other ponds up here when I do some pond population surveys in ponds where they've been stocked. Scott, I was actually referring to the southern strain.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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"" I am worrying about my caged YP too."" TJ - Your caged YP should have survived the Nebraska winter this year okay. Check on them and let us know about their survival.
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TJ:
Courtesy of Bill Cody:
"Pond Boss Magazine Mar-Apr 2010: TEMPERATURE AFFECTS ON YELLOW PERCH HATCHING. Justin VanDeHey, Andy Jansen, and Willis describe eggs, spawn, dynamics of weather, and perch abundance. How water temperature affects egg hatch and fry survival."
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"" I am worrying about my caged YP too."" TJ - Your caged YP should have survived the Nebraska winter this year okay. Check on them and let us know about their survival. Bill - the YP were all fine through the Winter - I was referring to my caged M and F YP mixed hoping for a cage spawn per your and Cecil's direction. Only time will tell.
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I'm optimist TJ. I have found yellow perch to be a very tough and adaptive species. As long as the eggs haven't hatched yet I'm even more optimistic.
One thing they have going for them is the sheer amount of eggs in one egg strand.
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I need to wade out to the cages and check out whether they've laid any strands yet. I think I was really pushing it this year as about 50 miles south of us they started spawning 10 days ago - I caged my females and males about 5 days ago. Used rope and pvc sticks for egg strands...hope it works.
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Eggs laid loose and lying on the cage bottom will hatch okay. Perch moving around in the cage will keep the eggs bathed in fresh water. Keep us advised. You can hatch a short 1"-3" section of as egg strand in a bucket in the house with an aerator to keep the water circulating around the eggs.
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Nice, DNickolaus
I have sourced fish from Andry's and was very pleased.
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Used rope and pvc sticks for egg strands...hope it works. ???
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I tied 1/4" nylon rope within the cage from side to side and at different angles to provide material upon which YP to attach their strands. I also used roughed up 1/2" PVC sticks in 5' lengths within the cage again to simulate vegetation/sticks to which strands can be attached. I hope they will be utilized. Here's some shots of the rope tied at different angles and depths within the cage. I criss crossed probably 8 lengths of rope within the cage. Adding branches of cedar trees would have been much simpler - but I thought I'd be able to identify the strands on the rope easier - or maybe I was just trying something new! Hard to remember my motivation...
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I will be surprised if the ropes have eggs on them. IMO ropes and PVC are too slippery and not intricate enough. Egg ribbons are also slippery and very neutrally buoyant, almost 'floaty'. Twigs and brush tend to have rough edges and various sorts of dense twigs that are great for "catching" the egg ribbons.
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I'll give you an 'A' for imagination TJ but I think you would have been better off cutting off some branches of a willow bush. That said, I think you'll be O.K. as the eggs as Cody says will probably be O.K. on the bottom of the cage if running into the ropes by the fish doesn't dampen the romance. LOL
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Well dang it...guess we'll see tomorrow. If I don't see strands on the ropes or roughed up pvc I will check to see if the YP are still gravid and, if so, get some brush sank pronto and hope for the best. Sounds as if strands can be fertilized even on the bottom of the cage - so I still have some hope. Worst case, my YP growout pond can easily become a RES or BRES reproduction pond if I fail - no biggie.
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TJ,
I would leave as is and don't stress them. I think you'll be fine. I don't even get near my cages unless I'm dropping in hydrated sinking feed and I do that as discreetly as possible.
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Kinda slow to the party but my RES are southern sourced and I haven't found any dead this year..
I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.
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Here's my cages - they are 3' deep and in about 5' depth and staked/tied to both shorelines in order to ensure they have 2' beneath them which I was directed was important for caged spawning YP. How to feed? I was throwing AM but only 10% was making it in the cage - and on windy days I had to abandon feeding altogether. So per Scott's suggestion I rigged a very primitive, but so far effective, feeding tool. Allows me just enough reach [20'] to slowly sprinkle AM 400 and keep them fed and hopefully in the mood.
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I like it! Do you see them taking feed off the surface?
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My caged YP have never taken floating pellets, only sinking 400 or saturated 600 or sinking pieces of AM LMB. They are very timid.
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Hey, where's the feed rings? Where'd you get the pole?? I see you DID put netting on top of the cage.
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