If they're rolling, finning and porpoising it's spawning behavior
Yeah, sort of sounds to me like they were doing the dirty blackfish boogie...
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Originally Posted by Goose
... Wanna say it was 3rd week of may and i guessed it to be something to do with breeding too...
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Goose is right on with the timing, too - toward the end of May - which would make it pretty early but on the other hand it might be due to our above average water temps so far this Spring
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Originally Posted by Clammer
Jimmy ;
it usually happens when its calm & 99% of the time its slack tide or very close to it ;;
I,ve watched yahoo,s cast @ them with plugs /etc .. thinking they could catch them ........ never happen on a rod ......... net/ speargun / or gaff ,,, no problem . they are preoccupied ;;  |
FAC at slack is right on, Mike...
One year I witnessed the spawning and watched the eggs and milt form a slick on the surface - I was there wading in the middle of it, a few minutes later, BAM!...nice 10.6 chinner on a sandworm
I was with Uncle Zeke when he caught a 10.4 a year to the day before, same MO