has anybody seen largemouth bass fry/fingerlings this year?

[broganm1]

i've been looking hard at my local lake and haven't seen any this year. not sure if its too early, or if i missed them. hopefully there wasn't a bad spawn this year

[broganm1]

pretty much looking for anything 2'' or less

[Skunk City]

I've seen a good amount of largemouth fry, as well as a TON of sunfish fry at Pompton Lake this year.

[bronzeback]

me too in some local ponds

[Poncho]

I think with all the rain, cooler water, spawn was late this year.Recall seeing a post that guys weren't seeing fish on beds till later than normal.

[kcritch]

I've seen them in Wasington Valley, Spruce Run, and Spooky Brook Pond (Colonial Park) but all were small and few.

[JOHN D]

dont worry, this has pretty much been a really wierd year for all of us, i think because of all the cold fronts in the spring, the fish spawned late.

[dboyd101]

Call me naive, but I don't know what 'fry' means? Can someone explain as I might be able to chip in my 2 pennies once I know what's going on here... :)

[acabtp]

yes

[AndyS]

"Fry" are young of the year fish, or others would call them "Bait" !

[broganm1]

fry are the little babies. fingerlings are a few inches in length

[broganm1]

thanks for the responses guys. i forgot about the late spawn this year. i noticed it at my lake. i have seen tons of sunfish, rainbow trout, and even pickerel fry. hopefully the lmb fry will come next.

[mad_skillz]

i seen huge schools of bass fry in the Delaware river in Milford, NJ yesterday.

[Dirty]

I've seen them in a few lakes the past couple of days. Some actually where hiding under my kayak today while I was patrolling the shallows.

[jmurr711]

"Fry" are young of the year fish, or others would call them "Bait" !
or "snacks"

[Duffman]

Small concentrations of them at Shepherds lake last night.

Not many though. Personally I couldnt identify them, this is going by what my buddy pointed out.

[dboyd101]

Saw a bunch of LMB fry last night (Butler Reservoir)... cute little buggers... imagine the big guys like how they taste!!

[broganm1]

butler res. is pretty close to me. still not bass fry in my lake. just seeing sunfish fry. at least i think they are. do largemouth fry still have the distinctive dark line running down their body when they are .5'' long?

[broganm1]

i may throw out a minnow trap to see if i can find one. anybody have recommendations about what kind of bait i should use. im guessing pieces of hot dog and/or bread?