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Hello. My Smallmouth bass pond for spawning. About 50x70 feet. The place for spawning is going to be about 6 feet, and will be dry in the summer. https://ibb.co/nQG03fHWhat do you thing. I think I will leave about 3-4 inches of water for the crayfish. A+
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The proposed pond looks okay. Hopefully is works well for producing some smallmouth.
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There is lots of good info here on SMB beds. Here isa pic of a natural SMB spawning and bed. Next to it out of the pic is a wood dock. Second is a rendition of the same type bed with wood added. SMB like a big anchor rock , small rock in the nest bottom and thick cover near by (log or wood) ![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=18073&filename=P6240007.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=18074&filename=SMBnestadd.jpg)
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Based on the small ones caught through the ice this past Saturday, my spawning sites continue to work well. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qmdbW9x.jpg)
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Based on the small ones caught through the ice this past Saturday, my spawning sites continue to work well. Did you use a dry fly to catch them off of that spawning bed?
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Through the ice by a friend with little jigs. I caught a big one during the summer with a hard crank bait, but then stopped fishing since it was hot and stressed the fish. The ones caught through the ice were only 8-10" so they had to be offspring. Nice fat fish. Update: I finally got the joke:)
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Rod will be here all week.
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Try the fish!
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