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DZ · 08-08-2012, 08:01 AM

I've never found a correlation between adult and peanut bunker abundance. When i first started surf fishing in the 1970s peanuts and adults were both abundant. Then the peanuts just dissapeared for 15 years or so but adult menhaden were still present. I was out last evening and the peanuts were just about everywhere - but not all peanuts had game fish in the vicinity. This spring I saw more adult menhaden in my local waters than the past 20 years. Enjoy it while we have it because next season may be completely different - that's what I love about surfcasting - every year changes.

DZ

08-08-2012, 08:01 AM	#30
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	I've never found a correlation between adult and peanut bunker abundance. When i first started surf fishing in the 1970s peanuts and adults were both abundant. Then the peanuts just dissapeared for 15 years or so but adult menhaden were still present. I was out last evening and the peanuts were just about everywhere - but not all peanuts had game fish in the vicinity. This spring I saw more adult menhaden in my local waters than the past 20 years. Enjoy it while we have it because next season may be completely different - that's what I love about surfcasting - every year changes. DZ
	DZ Recreational Surfcaster "Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit" Bi + Ne = SB 2 If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.