Warm enough for Smallmouths?

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pgh_flytier
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2011/04/07 07:58:45 (permalink)

Warm enough for Smallmouths?

Have a chance to fish the Bay from the shore this weekend, but I hate to spend the money on gas if it's to early. Anybody having any luck with Smallmouth in the bay, or am I rushing the season?
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    Mr.Slickfish
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/07 08:06:54 (permalink)
    your rushing...water temp is still pretty cold...few more weeks...good luck

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    pgh_flytier
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/07 10:31:43 (permalink)
    OK, thanks for the info. I guess I'm just rushing the season. Anxious to get back out there.
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    Mr.Slickfish
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/07 10:58:41 (permalink)
    Don't get me wrong...you can catch LM and other fish in the shallower parts of the bay....prolly just not smallies...at least not in any #'s yet.

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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/07 13:05:09 (permalink)
    Plenty Steelhead in the bay right now.

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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/07 16:37:15 (permalink)
    It's not viagra. It is the active ingredient in prozac: the antidepressant.  Actually, water tests are starting to show traces of many other pharmaceuticals in all the Great Lakes and other bodies of water around the country.  The problem is that the waste water treatment systems that are currently in operation are not designed to remove them from the waste water that is produced by our ever growing population.  It doesn't help that people think the proper way to dispose of old medication is to flush it down the toilet.  Just think what this soup of drugs is going to eventually do to the fish and their ecosystem...
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/08 07:38:09 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: Piscator

      Just think what this soup of drugs is going to eventually do to the fish and their ecosystem...


     
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/08 09:35:47 (permalink)
    Hasn't it already effected the Susky Smallmouth? 
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    fish whisper
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/08 14:56:34 (permalink)
    Some have been around the South and North piers like most of the year but its way to early to make a trip for them. The bite has been respectable at best on a swim jig
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/08 20:04:26 (permalink)
    Last year at this time the smallmouth were in and biting good and that was in water temps in the 45-50 degree range. This year, not so much. Water just needs to warm a little more.

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    Sharpefly
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/08 22:26:20 (permalink)
    Was in Misery today and the temps were 44.
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    Brad1
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    RE: Warm enough for Smallmouths? 2011/04/09 23:03:58 (permalink)
    First weekend of May is when I always starting catching the smallies. Then again, first weekend of May is always when I started fishing for them. When the temp on my depth finder reads 52 degrees, that's when I start catching the smallies.
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