I have my own thoughts .....could be way off .
1st let me say that the majority of the fish I,ve seen caught in the winter that had tags >>>>>>>>>had Hudson river tags .
IMO the 1st descent slug of schoolies we get in the spring /adding holdovers are Hudson River fish / throw in what,s left coming out of the Thames .
&&&& WE in RI >>>Narragansett bay have a OK spring ................ when the water warms the large move out of the bay much sooner than the schoolies ..........But IMO the schoolies do leave & travel north ......... the resident schoolies that S/B taking up residence are Chessie fish ...........$$here in lies the reason that for the most part .. we have seen a yearly decline in schoolie fishing . thru out the summer .
Our holdover fish along with fish from the Hudson & other feeders . go north .
That,s why I think the cape & CCB north has a somewhat summer fishery for schoolies .
In the fall we no longer have blitzing schoolies in the bay >>>>>>>>>>>> plenty of bait ......not enough fish ............................ the majority of schoolies that are caught On & near the south shore are heading south . to the Hudson or Chessie ???????
The little & I mean little schoolie fishing we get in the bay & small off shoots ..again IMO are mostly Hudson or fish that were spawened north of the Hudson River , come in in small pods / Where if your are there when they come up river you,ll have a few fun days ........... But with dropping temps .. which had them moving to begin with .they quickly go into the holdover mold for the most part .
again IMO .when the hudson fish mature & are caught & kept .............. you will see a almost non.fishery for stripers .
IMO we havn,t been getting the majority of schoolies from the Chessie ........... with the issues that are down there , taking of small fish , gill netting & mostly pollution [[DEAD ZONES} which are getting larger ;;
BUt WTF do I know ?>>>>>>I fish from a boat & I,m a Clammer ><><
