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Most of the time if you can see the eggs well a small black dot will appear if fertilized. If not they will stay white.

I stocked 400 from 4-8" in our 1 acre pond and only seen ribbons the first year stocked. Last year we didn't see any. Last year we didn't see or catch any young perch in the minnow trap. I do wonder if the ice is late (like this year again here) for the day light hours if the perch will just not spawn.

Our perch did something odd last year too and went off the feed in June. I am hoping it was from the massive abundant common shiners and FHM. We back the feed off and feed the minnows all summer. Perch didn't go back on the feed in the fall like they were not even there.

With a hook and a minnow they would just smash it. Had some that were 12"s.

Cheers Don.