gutted a fish that had eggs last week
 

next day my buddy wally said a guy gutted one next to him and it had eggs too i know thats is been going on for years bob pond used to talk about this just wondering if everyone is seeing this?

There are always fish around with eggs this time of year... sometimes into mid June...

always find fish with eggs early in the season, especially in the rivers, when i use to keep a few early fish of the season, stopped taking early season keepers to prevent the waste of eggs for a fish that taste like nothing.

The fish may not have necessarily looking to spawn, it may have under went some sort of stress, or missed her opportunity to spawn. This does not hurt the fish. The will absorb the nutrients from the eggs and try again next season.
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i thought the same thing as new jack......i hope the weather didn't mess up the spawning....sad