[eelman]

Most of the fish at the west wall are simply fish that have wintered over in salt pond ...some others are from places like the Thames..The "wall" is extremely long and does trap bait . its just a natural occorence for the fish and bait to be pushed in on certain winds. I do think however that many of the bass there especially early are not migrating fish from the south at all but rather fish that have wintered over in the pond and are stretching there wings and cruising out and around. The pawcatuck river has the same thing, a healthy winter pop that starts moving around .

The areas like matunuck at the Ocean mist , the rockpile,deep hole etc...usually see a good push of real migrants the last week of April and the first couple weeks of may but, by then there are better fish to be had.At that point there all mixed in. Places like providence hold thousands of bass all winter that also join the mix.

Then we have water temps and we simply warm faster than ma waters..No one really knows why it happens like it does, it just does...I have seen years there when someone caught bass on April 8th and then another one was not had until April 18th...the oppisite also..I have caught fish there as early as St. Patricks day ! No way those are southern migrants...so it can happen for any number of reasons...The bottom line is there here.....Its funny because last year I had all I wanted in the bay the same time they showed up in Matunuck..made me wonder if it just happens all at once..it most likely does..But That wall is special and it traps them right in there, thats why everyone heads there..how many other spots does it happen at that go unfished?

Another thought on water temps, Look at the winter populations in some of the Ma and rhody spots, these fish were hitting top water in January !! Ask Clammer and Jim White...Hearing that threw everything I thought I knew about bass out the window...if they can hit that aggresive in the winter then why would it matter so much now?? So again, no talking head knows, its all guess work..these fish defy logic at every turn...and thats what makes them so interesting.

The bottom line is ..Its time to go Fishing again