I hear ya, and I got the new Surfcaster catalog today, the cover picture was killing me....:spin:

Of course I could be totally wrong.In which case u won't have to here me say i told u so.Plus most won't will remember my post anyway's.I don't have to play the cheap odds.I don't write for a magazine.I just type on the internet.I actually hope the same pattern of the last three yrs holds true.Its been good in NJ.
It's just shtuff I think about when not fishing.

Tony, I always read yur postage. R u coming up for plugfest? I could make a special Kielbasa wit my wife;s homade spaghetti sauce!:wavey: :buds:

wont be long now :buds:

I have a hunch that I'll catch a decent fish on my Nebe-Needlefish !

It seems whenever we have a mild early winter we have a cold late winter/early spring. I don't believe that a mild winter translates into a significantly earlier-than-normal arrvial of migratory fish.

How April and early May progress is another matter. How spring develops seems to be much more important than how the winters went. An April with sunshine and an early arriving southwest windflow usually translates into a good spring.

[QUOTE=Joe]It seems whenever we have a mild early winter we have a cold late winter/early spring. I don't believe that a mild winter translates into a significantly earlier-than-normal arrvial of migratory fish.

How April and early May progress is another matter. How spring develops seems to be much more important than how the winters went. An April with sunshine and an early arriving southwest windflow usually translates into a good spring.[/QUOTEjoe you beat me to it.I couldn't agree more.After looking back at last year you just don''t know what could happen.Last year the fish stayed south longer then one would off thought they should of.Mostly because of the bait ct.,N.y,N.J,has been lucky to have.The fishing didn't get constent up here till summer and for a hot summer we had really good fishing.Imo bait rules over water temps.Look at what Pete G. wrote.