this years spawn

[scotth]

with the mild winter we are having, any thoughts on this years spawn ?

[eugene f collins]

I hope its a good one.

[ronk]

I think it depends on the weather.The last few years frequent heavy Spring storms probably played hell with the spawn.

[Rob G]

I'm not sure there was much if any spawning down here in 08 and 09 due to the flooding. Last year was only slightly better

[Paul Trybul]

The only possitive effect this mild winter might have on the 2012 spawn is smallmouth may spawn a little earlier. If they spawn earlier, young of the year bass go into the winter starvation period a little larger giving them a better survival rate. Nothing spawning related will happen until the water temps reach 60 and who knows when that will be. There are so may other factors that will play a roll in a successful spawn.

 

This mild winter should have a positive effect on smallmouth young from the 2011 spawn. Hopefully that was good one with minimal winter kill.

[Bterrill]

Lack of visibility kills smallie fry after they get off the yok sack(can't find food). What will matter is that critical rainfall amount when the largest amount of fry are hatching. Early warm temps could mean we get spawn before the big rains in May and June (Indianapolis).