[jimmy z]

It's still early yet, but water temps locally are about seven(7) degrees higher than normal, where i am in Ct.
I've seen this before as well, and usually the herring will be in the rivers locally maybe, a couple of weeks early. Last year the rivers were high into May and the river run of bass was a bust in the Ct. river for anglers. We might have lower than normal river heights in May, if we don't get any significant snow, this isn't good either. I've seen the dam exposed at Enfield in May one year. The deep holes where the herring and Alewife's usually stacked up were empty!