08-26-2022, 06:09 PM
(08-26-2022, 02:36 PM)Piscophilic Wrote: Hey Pat,
Thanks for the update. I had been meaning to check back with Chris but I just plain forgot. I think it is interesting that none of the dead whites sampled had anything in their stomachs. I doubt if lack of food supply would have caused that, but more likely some kind of disease or something that made them not eat. Just a guess though.
I have also been watching closely for the arrival of the YOY whites and have seen none. I looked back at my earlier years records and did find one year that I didn't report catching any until Sept 1. I'm still holding out hope that they will show up in modest numbers based on many observations that the spawns for several species seemed to be delayed a couple weeks this spring. In fact one of the 30" cats that Jon got Saturday was all torn up and caught when we were dragging over shallow rocks looking for white bass. Clearly that one was a late spawner, but just finishing in Mid-August seems later than usual even for a slow one.
Yeah, it was a wierd year weatherwise and spawnwise for several species. But I am beginning to wonder...what is the real "normal". Every year seems to be different. I will also not panic until I do not see any YOY whities after September.