If your fishing for small fish in the rivers, it makes a big difference. If your waiting for the bigger fish to arrive, it won't make a difference. If the storm was in another 2 weeks, it might have had a made a difference.
Although I dont think it will effect the stripers run north, it will probably effect the herring. I would assume many swollen rivers and streams will be loaded with debris blocking passages.
We usually get an April blow before things open up - this one was a super-de-duper one though...It will be micro-mania as soon as it breaks, the silt settles, and it turns sunny for a day or two..