Yellow perch egg ribbons can be moved around and lifted out of the water for several seconds. The longer the ribbon is out of the water the more drying that occurs and this lowers the hatching percentage. I remove and transfer ribbons each year, keep them damp as possible, and egg hatch is always good. YP Ribbons are pretty durable to movement and handling. Each egg is encased in a gelatinous covering that holds all the eggs together in the strand. . It does not seem to hurt the integrity of most of the eggs if the ribbon is torn or broken into segments - egg hatch still seems pretty good.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/29/23 10:35 AM.
