Striped bass spawning success depends on the weather

[JLH]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

I wanted to post this in the thread where we were arguing about striped bass breeding but I couldn't find it. So what does this do to the Big breeder/smaller breeder theory some of you guys are so fond of?

Interesting read and it definitely makes sense that weather impacts the success rates but I don’t think it has bearing on the big breeder - small breeder argument. If you believe that larger fish produce more eggs and more viable young than smaller fish that holds true regardless of the weather on a given year.