Countdown Keepers

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Canalman

That raises an interesting question....

Does sea lice always mean "new arrival"?

Many of the "keepers" I have taken in that span have had lice all over them... weird.

-Dave

I was catching fish at the end of December last year in SoCo that had sea lice. They sure were not migrating so I think the sea lice thing is mostly myth.

[Rockfish9]

"Keeper" bass will be in the Merrimack river by the 20'th of May,Teen sized fish by the end of the Month, first shot of schoolies the first week of May..... If you get the fish on the ocean front they will have lice, if you get them inside the river, the lice will be gone within a few hours of their arrival....

[spinncognito]

We have this sea lice conversation every year.... IMHO, sea lice indicates a SCHOOL of fish with decent numbers. Usually when I see lice, I am catching just about every cast.