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They say that a fish "may" make its first migratory run at two to three years old at the earliest. Now a 12" fish could be on its first real migration or it could be in the areas near where it was spawned. But fish shorter than that up to say 8-10 inches are most likely pre-migratory fish. Fish 8 an under are almost certainly (I am no marine biology expert - that's based on books and the web) being landed in the area they originated. I have caught fish around 8 inches in cold, miserable Massachusettes. It seems they are locally produced fish. Some of these fish have been caught very early in the season as well. It is interesting that many of you are coming across tiny fish in other parts of New England too. It is also not suprising that the local DEP says that you are full of #$%* :P ...
I was just thinking about how a couple years ago when I repeatedly caught my smallest stripers (at least since I was a little kid on the Chessapeke ) from 8 down to 6 inches on the Housy... And I wouldn't say large numbers but maybe as many as 40 fish from around 2-12 inches in mass waters for the last couple years. Could they be from local spawnings and are the numbers big enough to be meaningfull ??
Slip, an eight inch bass should be one to two years old if I remember correctly. Oh, and I still have heartburn from anxiety that the Pats sitting on a two td lead, possesion of the ball, with only 3.5 minutes left last night , would find a way to cough up the ball and the game, to the Chiefs. I was ordering my finger to push down the "OFF" button the remote but some subconcious subroutine in my brain would not allow my finger the force to depress the button. Not beacuse it was interesting, but maybe for fear of jinxing the team ??? I NEED HELP!!! PATS/BRUINS/REDSOX FAN IN DESPERATE NEED OF PROFESSIONAL HELP (I gave up on the Celts when Reggie died)
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