I have heard on here that pea gravel is the best but I used what was readily available in our area by the truck load and that is crushed limestone. It is varying sizes down to the fines of lime all the way up to about an inch in diameter. I just used my tractor loader and dumped piles along the shore line.

If a person is making the beds by hand and carrying the rock by hand something like pea gravel in a container (so it does not just work down into the mud and be lost) would be preferable. Round plastic containers work or if you go to a home improvement store to the concrete section they make concrete hand mixing plastic tubs that are very durable and would work very well.

BG will figure out a way to spawn with or without pre-made bedding areas. The gravel beds just give the eggs a higher percentage of survival potential compared to mud.

John

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