bunker in the bays?

[finchaser]

Herring too cold for bunker and sea herring do flip

[wish4fish]

never seen sea herring in 5 feet of water on the bayshore, have u?

[finchaser]

seen them in the wash and in the river all the time in winter

[bababooey]

Maybe you fellas should clarify if you are talking about sea or river herring. I don't think sea herrring would be all the way in the back of barnegat bay, no?

[stripermania]

^ Good point. I seem to remember a heated discussion on here a few years back where pics were posted of fish in close to the shore and some were saying herring dont come in to the surf line. If they were way in the back bay it DOES make more sense that they were bunker. jmho. Why are you guys bickering anyway? It's almost opening day and will be time to hit it for stripers soon.

[hookset]

^ Why are you guys bickering anyway? It's almost opening day and will be time to hit it for stripers soon.

Winter shack nasties have set in. Coupled with a low pressure noreaster coming in. Fishermans version of Winter PMS.

[finchaser]

Sea and we are not bickering having a winter discussion

Menhaden are warm water fish, and our studies of the temperatures to the effect that they never appear in spring until the coastwise water has warmed to 50? or more, or in abundance until the temperature is several degrees higher, which is in accord with experience that menhaden will not survive in an aquarium if the water chills below 50?. No doubt, it is the falling temperature of autumn that forces the menhaden to leave the coasts of the north and head south,