Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Bluegill Beds

You can fill spawn boxes both ways and then watch which seems to be used the most. You should be able to recognize this by the number of nesting depressions that occur in each box. I've seen BG nests in areas of crushed limestone mixed with sand although Snipe is very correct in his pea gravel suggestion. I and sunfish also prefer pea gravel. The pea gravel does not IMO have to be very deep in the spawn boxes as in 3"-5". If you use crushed rock try and get mostly the 1/4" - 3/8".