The lawn is green again the crocuses have almost gone by and the row of daffodils along the stone wall is in full bloom. The grouse are drumming in the woodlot every afternoon and the woodcock are twittering up into the sky every evening. There can be no doubt that spring is here for a fact. Although the weather is in one of those drizzly cold stretches that we have in the spring. I have put almost as much wood into the stove as on a winter day.
In spite of all the signs of an early spring I am guessing that the stripers will not be much earlier than normal. The ocean temperatures are still in the low 40’s a little too cold for the fish to migrate comfortably. Alewives are always in by Mothers day and the stripers are usually a week behind so I am guessing that I will be striper fishing by the middle of May this year. Of course the freshwater fishing will be well under way then as well as the smallmouth bass begin to move toward the spawning beds and get more aggressive. That too is driven by the water temperature so things will not move much faster than any other spring.
The guide seminar scheduled for June 3rd is getting a few signed up, more than I expected after low attendance last May. I have gotten the software installed on my computer that will allow me to record segments of the seminar and make them available in the online store. Now if I could only get a couple of hours free to record them!
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