Which Is The Bigger Feed Up.....debate Inside.

[FD.]

Here is my question about the magical "spawn" temperature mark, in south FL does the water temps even go down to 55?  I thought I read somewhere 55-65 and this depends on location, for example in PA I could see the lower 60s would trigger spawning migration and this would make sense that in FL 62+ would trigger the same migration, no?

 

I fish mostly central Florida, Orlando and south.  Our "PRE" starts some time in December and our "POST" ends some time in May.  Because  most of these lakes are less than 20' deep, our water temps are drastically effected by air temps.  With frequent air temp swings of 40 degrees or more we do have water temps down to the high 40's and up to the mid 60's during these months.

 

The most productive fishing times for us are when;

1) The weather has been stable for 3-4 days

2) The water is warming toward 65 degrees

3) Approaching the full moon

 

Unfortunately the weather is never stable for more than a week with brutal cold fronts and high NE winds coming through often.  This cuts the actual "great" fishing days out of the five months down to 4-5 days and the odds of that being on a weekend is slim.

[WRB]

Almost everything comes under a bell (Gaussian) curve where 10% on both ends represent the minority and 80% in the middle of the curve represent the majority. When we say the pre spawn, spawn and post spawn, we mean the majority of the bass behave in this manner. You could say the early and later bass are in the 10% minority category. The "spawn" is the time period when bass are spawning, laying eggs and egg laying for the majority happens over a 1 to 2 week period, once the female makes her egg laying run. How long eggs take to hatch depends on water temps; longer in water 60 degrees, shorter in water 68 degrees, this affects the male guarding those eggs more than females laying them. In most lakes it takes about 2 months to complete the spawning cycle for the majority of the bass. Because the spawn doesn't happen all at 1 time, there are waves of pre spawn, spawn, post spawn bass mixed together to complicate the definition further, however easy for the angler to tell the difference; pre spawn female bass are in deeper water, fat and full of energy, spawner's and post spawner's are not.

Tom

[Catt]

For the sake of discussion

We have lake A & 100% of the bass were in pre-spawn.

Then we have lake B & 100% of the bass were in post spawn.

In which lake would you expect to limit out with having to struggle?

[FD.]

I think "A" would be the easiest limit and the biggest bag.  Bucks guarding beds would be easy pickins and you might catch a few big girls just outside.

[Brian Needham]

great way to make it simple Catt!!! I like simple!

 

 

Paul Roberts, I am going have to read that again......LOTS of info there. Thanks!

 

this thread has got nuggets all through it.

[Paul Roberts]

To simplify my last post: What defines "post-spawn" and when does it end?

[Brian Needham]

Don't get me wrong Paul, your post was awesome!

 

Jeff and I had the same question/debate when speaking of variables.

 

we asked ourselves........ if pre spawn happens 10-12 degrees before the spawn, does post spawn (defined as period before summer pattern) last 10-12 degrees after egg laying?  or SHOULD it, in context of debate?

 

without context within the variables, its just a never ending circle........for me at least, it would be nice to hammer down some absolutes to begin somewhat of a "case study" within our own waters.

[Catt]

To simplify my last post: What defines "post-spawn" and when does it end?

Post-spawn: the female has laid all her eggs & has pulled back to first or second break line.

When does it end: two days after you leave

[Paul Roberts]

I'm headed outta town. Will be away from almost everything electronic for a week. Will be interested to see where this thread ends up.

[Catt]

You like it Paul & you know you do