With the warm winter, I am guessing they come 10 days to two weeks earlier this year. My measuring stick for fresh fish in the upper CT River is Cinco de Mayo. The last two dry/warm winters I got fish during my April vacation. That has only happened twice in the last 16 years. According to my logs, get ready! >( ): I think some tackle shops will be doing very well on the Cape before the second week of May.

I likes it when the squids comes in....

Yep, early May

Based on water temps, I agree it might be early. I'm concerned with the lack of snow pack and hoping for lots of rain.

I will know when I see all the SUVs with rod racks and NJ plates heading north on I-95 towards MA.
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Based on water temps, I agree it might be early. I'm concerned with the lack of snow pack and hoping for lots of rain.
The last super dry/no snow melt year, at least on the CT River, I was so sure there would not be enough water to get the fish all the way up where I am. That was about five years ago. The googans slammed um from late April till the end of June that year. I actually am kind of excited.

My guess is the lower CT in the last week of March. I'll be ready.
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prob be on the normal schedule on the north shore, which is schoolies trickling in beginning last week of april, then wide open schoolie action by mother's day with some keepers mixed in.

I am guessing early and would not be surprised if many people notice ealy years coinciding with El Nino years. I would also suspect those are poor spawning seasons in the Chessie

Seen reports elsewhere that the migration has started.

Seen reports elsewhere that the migration has started.

Syrians ?
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Syrians ?
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My thought exactly. Actually some folks I know in Joysey

There were birds feeding at the Canal yesterday. I would swear they were eating herring.

Sea duck blitz-bite has been hot
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