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Originally Posted by BASSTracker

Gonna have to concur with Mid-May to June for arrival, JULY for the Cape Ann BITE, boyz. Will be hittin' the Tree like it waz my job May's new to June's new. The urban rivers of RI as well, oncet the herring starts ta schhhhtack up! Gettin' mighty close now, men! Coupla reliable sources have seen gulls working the NGST R last week. Could be an early one this year fellas? Stay ready

With herring being pushed up in March by Pollock, ya gotta wonder if it may be early for the striped set.

This is from Saturday's GDT

"A Large Pile of Sea Birds"

The falcon eyes of Team Morris - Bob Morris Jr., and son, Bobby III - witnessed another one of nature's marvels while lobstering in Thatcher's Bay off of Rockport aboard their 35-foot Spirit on Feb. 21. "We saw a large pile of sea birds (gulls and terns) in the distance; the sea was fairly calm. Bobby and I wondered what the heck could be on the surface during the daylight. The herring should be below with all this sunlight, and it is too early for mackerel and too cold for stripers and blues," said the senior Morris.

Once on site, the Morrises saw herring scales profusely glittering in the water along with "the black backs of fish darting in a bluefish-like manner, going after the feed. We think these fish were good-size pollock (more than 2 1/2 feet long) that corralled a school of herring right up to the surface," Morris explained.