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Originally Posted by tlapinski
I have long figured this to be true as well. I got into a discussion with a guy from the DEEP a few years back about it after seeing some very small SB in late summer while diving in Enfield on the CT River. He stated that the rivers of CT do not have the conditions required for a successful SB spawn and they had no evidence of it taking place. My response was 1) fish evolve and while your standard list of requirements may not be met, who is to say evolution has not spawned a strain of bass capable of spawning here?
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Same deal here, when I used to fish there a lot we got some small ones like 5". Many fish were milting when we caught them, so they were definitely trying to spawn at least. CT and Thames both have similar stretches to other "defined" spawning grounds. They're a pretty tough fish, if atlantic salmon can still reproduce not doubt they they can too.