Re: Our Spring Bass Run?
Chessie fish were here the week before Memorial day. Lots of 30+ lbs. fish from LBI to the hook ... most were spawned-out already.
With the onset of the cold temps over Memorial Day weekend, and the consistently Southern blow and heave that followed, the water temps along the beachfront plumetted. Oceanfront surface water temps are back into the 50's; that Southern wind just keeps upwelling more cold bottom ocean water to our beachfronts.
Many of the local bass that everyone is looking for in the bay have made their final push up into warmer rivers and back bay estuaries to finish their spawn, while others simply cruised offshore until they found more tolerable temps and food.
Whether or not we get those fish to come back depends entirely on the weather and the wind in the next few weeks. If the water temps are able to stabilize in the 60's, we will likely get the bass back.
However, if we get an extended period of hot temps & an absence of South wind, the temps could actually shoot up past the 60's and into the 70's. If that happens, it will be time to exchange the bass gear for outfits that can tackle theshers and brownies, because those bass will not want to stick around in the warm water.
Keeping my fingers crossed as I am not quite ready to give up on them yet.
- Gr8ful
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