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Originally Posted by Saltheart
To me it seems like smaller fish don't care all that much about water temp. Maybe (maybe) 50 is some magic number for the big fish but every year fish even to 30 or so inches are taken in early april when the water is still pretty cold. Now this happens in very select locations so maybe the water there is a little warmer than general ocean temps.
Anyway , there will be fish around in march for sure and by April there should be some that are a little bigger here and there. We'll get a week of warm days with favorable winds and all of a sudden the places taht are lagging in ntemp will shoot up in a couple of days back to normal.
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i hear ya.. but i've been watching ocean temps all winter. cause they were supposed to hit 40something in january and thats when i was gonna try for some hold overs. sadly they stayed down at 32.5 - 34 all winter.
either way.. if fish are around that early. try LOTS of topwater plugs during the day. the fish should be holding at the surface soaking in the heat from the sun. 50 is the low end of the striper comfort zone. so if the water is below some slow movers up top could be what the doctor ordered.
any of you guys with hold over spots.. i hope you keep fishing those into may.. i would. thats where the water would be most comfy for them.
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