Tiny bass locally spawned/

[stripermaineiac]

Stripers used to spawn in all the rivers before dams were built. Now with winters being warmer we are seeing spawned fish in many placed thar there were very few due to cold winters and fewer places for them to winter up. the last couple yrs have been prime for winter over fish to survive and then spawn.up here in Maine we used to have loads more spawning species than now befor the dams.In the mid 90,s there were loads of micro stripers around.Some under 6 in. they were reported from Maine to Maryland.Just food for thought.

[Night Shift]

Very true. I caught zillions of them in the Merrimack in the 90's from Joppa to the Rocks Village Bridge. They are now the cows I hunt today! It has been quit a while since I've seen or even heard of a good population of micros anywhere.

Little fish are the future.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by stripermaineiac

Stripers used to spawn in all the rivers before dams were built..

Likely not a product of recent adaptation. Another factor is that water quality in rivers improved as a result of the clean water act and the decline in manufacturing in the 70's and 80's. When the bass came back, the conditions were more favorable. The Naugatuck, Housatonic, Mystic MA, etc. of the middle 20th century were not conducive to succesful spawning. Much more so today. Now, if we could just get rid of the feakin dams

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by zimmy

.... Now, if we could just get rid of the feakin dams

I second that motion!!!