I'll be fishing. You must suffer for your art.
Giving it a go tomorrow,lighter winds ,ice fishing suit ,and hopefully some yellow bars!Anybone else going to brave the cold!
you have a rare insight to many things, with that pond of yours. lol always something to observe. thanks for sharing it with us.
This morning I watched a Loon catching small perch along the weedline in front of my house. The Loon would slowly paddle around with his head under water looking for fish. When he dove he must have to chase the fish a long way but occassionally he would come up with a fish 50 to 100 feet away.Also the coots and small diving ducks like the same area. I wonder if they are eating perch eggs.
You saw a loon on Wawasee? Or was it another lake? Virtually nothing eats perch eggs. They are naturally repulsive to potential predators. The only think I've seen feed on them are snails if the eggs weren't fertilized and they are decomposing. Even then that takes a while. https://thefisheriesblog.com/2017/02/06/predators-reject-yellow-perch-egg-skeins/