I'm not phd fish guy or whatever. But correct me if I'm wrong. With tuna all the numbers etc that they gathered were based on fish spawning yearly. After looking into they discovered that yes, tuna do return to their spawning grounds yearly but with most cases they found that they werent spawning every year. Some had three year periods between spawns etc. If this is the case with the bass it may explain why theyre being taken full of roe. Maybe they're showing up to spawn but are'nt getting nudged in the right way if you know what I mean
