Tonight is the first full moon of the spring...you guys know what that means: bream spawn time!

 

especially shellcrackers ( redears )

That's right! @A-Jay, be on the lookout for those bream spawning through the ice!

26 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

That's right! @A-Jay, be on the lookout for those bream spawning through the ice!

Thats mean….

8 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Thats mean….

I joke knowing that I'd be going crazy waiting this long for open water. There will be something mighty warm and fuzzy seeing A-Jay catch the first few stout brown bass after a long winter ?

I was planning my first night trip buy the windy rainy weather is keeping me home.

Just took the boat out a little while ago, did catch lots of panfish and a couple bass. Moon was very cool 

No bream spawn going on here...waters about 40ish

1 minute ago, DitchPanda said:

No bream spawn going on here...waters about 40ish

Gonna be a minute…… hahaha

Bream spawn follows the bass spawn, about 70-75 degrees water temps.

Tom

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Gonna be a minute…… hahaha

I'm struggling to catch fish waters so cold...so yes spawn may be a minute

The water temp. at my home lake was 42 when I hit the water yesterday.  A fella seeing me load my boat asked how I did. I told him I caught one decent bass and a couple of crappie.  He told me the bass were building nests and likely would spawn during this full moon.  

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Bream spawn follows the bass spawn, about 70-75 degrees water temps.

Tom

Exactly.  The bass have been hanging around the perimeter of bream making nests here.  Find a bunch of bream on nests...cast to the nearest bunch of submerged hydrilla.  Money in the bank.

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Bream spawn follows the bass spawn, about 70-75 degrees water temps.

Tom

 

Bass spawn here in mid-late Feb thru the middle of March.

2 hours ago, CrashVector said:

 

Bass spawn here in mid-late Feb thru the middle of March.

Only if the the water is between 60-67 degrees, our calendar means nothing to bass.

Tom 

Here we go again! 

 

Every spring the same questions!

 

Yes bass will spawn in water temperatures way lower than 60-67, at depths greater than you would imagine, & earlier in the year than you think.

 

Think @Glenn has a video!

7 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

The water temp. at my home lake was 42 when I hit the water yesterday.  A fella seeing me load my boat asked how I did. I told him I caught one decent bass and a couple of crappie.  He told me the bass were building nests and likely would spawn during this full moon.  

Hahaha! I feel your pain, drives me crazy. People are obsessed with fish (an other animals too) spawning. They can’t even talk fishing without mentioning it 

1 hour ago, Catt said:

Here we go again! 

 

Every spring the same questions!

 

Yes bass will spawn in water temperatures way lower than 60-67, at depths greater than you would imagine, & earlier in the year than you think.

 

Think @Glenn has a video!

 

Yep.

 

Last year's bass spawn, they were right up next to the bank in about a foot of water.

 

This year for some reason, they were much farther out in about 4-5 feet.

 

Went several places trying to catch the post-spawners, but I kept finding beds out in the deeper water.

5 hours ago, WRB said:

Only if the the water is between 60-67 degrees, our calendar means nothing to bass.

Tom 

 

Not necessarily.  It's more on the daylight hours than hard temps.

Those panfish will wear themselves out too ... after spawn season, its not uncommon to see a worn out fish kinda just floating near shore. You can poke them with your rod and get little reaction.

When discussing the bass spawn you can’t lump all the bass population into 1 spawn cycle, bass are individuals. You can group into a majority.

We can agree that the sun warms the air, the air warms the water normally. The exceptions are thermal springs and power plant warm water discharge.

Where I live and bass fish there are 5 lakes I fish.

Big Bear is 130 miles south at 7,200 elevation. The bass spawn when the water reaches about 60 degrees in lake May or early June, depending on the weather.

Lake Pyramid is 65 miles north at 3,500 elevation. The bass spawn late April, water temps about 60 degrees.

Lake Castiac is 45 miles north at 1500 elevation. The bass spawn in March early April. Water temps at 60 degrees.

Lake Casitas is 50 miles north west at 330 elevation and close to the ocean. Bass spawn in early March, when the water are 60 degrees.

Lake Cachuma is 75 miles north west at 1500 elevation. Bass spawn when the water is 60 degrees.

If latitude with longer sun light photo period was the driver then Big Bear lake would spawn first, but the climate is cold, the lake freezes so the water warm later.

Climate and sun light to warm the air is critical to cold blooded bass spawn. Cold water under 55 degrees the eggs take weeks to hatch, water over 70 degrees the eggs hatch in days. The problem with warmer water is egg eating crap, bluegill and sunfish overwhelm the bass beds. 

Tom

I fished a lake this weekend, that the water temp. was 76 degrees.  From what I can tell the bass spawn was at it's peak.  I don't think this lake ever gets below 62 degrees, and probably doesn't ever get higher than 80.  I don't know why they waited until this weekend to spawn, but it will be interesting to see if it is at the same time next year.  Bluegill weren't spawning, but Tilapia were.

>>>>April 16<<<< Full Moon

On 4/16/2022 at 10:29 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Just took the boat out a little while ago, did catch lots of panfish and a couple bass. Moon was very cool 

Where did you fish, i.e., which lake?

14 minutes ago, Clumsy fisherman said:

Where did you fish, i.e., which lake?

Little river Friday, tellico Saturday, French broad Sunday 

I was fishing from Saturday 5PM to Sunday 3PM. I slept three hours(2AM to 5AM). Unfortunately I was fishing for trout and got nothing(you imagine how I felt), Anyways I catch a bass and a catfish while fishing for trout ?