What water temp to get things started?

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

I'm all for the concept that striped bass follow the food, there's nothing more important besides reproducing. It's just HOW closely they follow it and if/how much it relates to water temp (or anything else).

Herring and bunker are usually here at least a month before migrant stripers arrive, clearly they aren't married to these schools of bait. Something holds them back. Probably bait elsewhere.

It seems to me, the bigger fish don't always take up station where all the bait seems to be concentrated either....

[Raven]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

It seems to me, the bigger fish don't always take up station where all the bait seems to be concentrated either....

they don't need to because they can swallow anything that swims by... heh heh heh

[cheferson]

For the larger breeding fish, wouldnt their arrival be dependant more on the water temp/conditions of their breeding rivers then ocean temps or sun angle?