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Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 4, 2015 at 3:57pm

Amen!

Comment by carl hendrix on March 4, 2015 at 3:54pm

the best time to go fishing  is whenever you CAN!!!

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 4, 2015 at 3:20pm

northern fish are more used to drastic changes ie cold fronts and cold snaps after the first warm days.the full moon is also a good indicator.when we had a very warm spring a few years ago there were fish on the beds in late april.it had been in the 80s in march.last year we had the coldest winter on record.very few gills spawned even in may.we had a snowstorm in april and a hard frost in may,their usual time.i was catching fish on beds in august last summer.a first for me.i have no problem fishing beds as i release them all anyway

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 4, 2015 at 3:12pm

LOL! I'll break it down a bit more. For avid anglers and seasons' masters, they all correlate the change of photo-periods and water temperature shifts to the spawning habits of the species. Now, let's dig deeper into the world of science, since I'm a freak of nature (an an environmental scientist with the love for fishing, hunting, and survival).

Inland areas, where there is a great temperature shifts from extreme cold (freezing winter) to extreme hot (summer time), we can definitely say that exposure to longer photo-period and rising temperature trigger spawning effects. If you live near the coastal areas, especially near the tropical regions, we can't say the fishes move from saltwater to fresh/brackish water to spawn because of photo-period and temperature shifts. Let me elaborate that much more, using wider spectrum of animals so I can hopefully paint a larger picture.

Migration animals, such as birds, detect the faintest of global shifts. The global shifts may be an indicator for seasonal shift, or even worldwide catastrophic event. The animals will act in accordance. With that in mind, take the fishes in Alaska and as far down as Florida, photo-period is long during spawning season(s). Why are they spawning during these long photo-period, yet, the temperature shift remain constant (with small windows of temperature flux) throughout most of the year? Why are trout and salmon react strangely, and go into spawning mode either early in winter or late in summer, yet, their normally spawning periods are late winter/early spring? Same thing with sunfishes. Oddly enough, they're spawning either a few months early, as often as they can, or even late in the season when we deem spawning is considered as not optimal.

1. They detected something that cause them to react differently. It's not the changing of the season. Rather, the scientific community understood it's because climate/global shifts onset that the animals detected way before we, as human, can.

2. Availability of resources for that early/late spawning period. Photo-periods plays a critical role in production of resources, but there are hidden resources that we have not seen. These creatures can detect the available resources for the early/late reproductive cycles, as well as maturation cycles.

3. We're detecting another phenomenon in the studies correlating the animals to their behavioral cycles in the recent decades. UV spectrum influences. It was a theory back in 1950s, but put into full practices between 1990 to the current day. UV lamps for plants and animals. UV spectrum intensity due to polar shifts of the earth produce an opportunity for early/late start, based on the regions. This was found true in both plants and animals.

Okay..I think I'm going a bit too far into the scientific world. Forgive me.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 4, 2015 at 3:11pm

Yeah, good old Verne.

Bugs and dogwoods, Bugs and dogwoods....

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 4, 2015 at 3:04pm

I am also trying to figure out what Leo means because I think of "global seasonal shift" being something that you can plot to a specific "photo period" value. the simplest two examples being that Winter technically begins at the shortest period and Summer technically begins at the longest.

The hours of daylight are going to vary by species and location (plus it really throws them for a loop when they have to set their clocks forward next weekend ;^> ) but around here it will be very slightly under 12 hours, or near the global seasonal shift known as Verne's Equal Nocks...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 4, 2015 at 2:51pm

Since we traditionally have TWO more serious weather bouts for March, I'll stick with the bugs and dogwoods.

Besides I'm still trying to figure out what Leo just said...

Comment by Tony Livingston on March 4, 2015 at 2:48pm

Good call on the daylight hours Andy....photoperiod plays a BIG role in the spawn. Tidbit: female BG's will respond to an increased photoperiod earlier than the males, as they will begin feeding to assist egg development.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 4, 2015 at 2:48pm

And that boils down to what Jim said, really. But I would like to define the "hours of daylight" a bit more. Wanna float a number?

Talk about simple, though - "when you start seeing flying bugs, start fishing!"

Can't get simpler than that, I don't think.
Unless you go with the dogwoods... And I'm looking...

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 4, 2015 at 2:47pm

Actually Andy, neither photo-period nor water temp triggers it. It's actually have to do more with maturation cycle and global seasonal shift (animals are extremely sensitive to this, except human) no matter how slight. Photo period and water temp flux constantly, which don't dictate the fishes from spawning.

However, it may not rule out the fact that you somehow inherit this unique ability to detect global seasonal shifting, as well as maturation cycle detection.

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