knightfisher Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'm thinking ice out will be later this year. Will this delay spawning in some species ? Do you think this will change the timing of the spring bite ? Wondering what your thoughts are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Won't affect the pike. With late ice up north, pike will spawn despite the ice. Same with perch. As for the other species, it all depends on water temp. Spring can be late, but if it's heats up fast, the delay can be minimal. Too many "what ifs" to really say. Fish don't look at a calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I think there are many veritables at play ,like water depth , bottom structure and fish species . Some protected shallows may warm up quickly and some fish will move in to spawn . I found this old pdf on the Great Lakes fish spawning temperatures . Some fish have much greater temp. range for spawning .....Last year was cold and the ice was thick & I believe the spawning was delayed 2 or 3 weeks later than average . I expect the same this year ..... these are old stats but may still be accurate ...... Table 3 Season, range of water temperature and reproductive guild for Great Lakes fishes. Ranges given indicate temperatures above and below which a species will not spawn. Reproductive guilds correspond to Balon (1975) as follows: A.1 open substratum spawners = broadcast; A.2 brood hider = hide; B.2 nest spawners = nest. Other information is indicated with a c and details are given in the 'Comments' column. For species marked with an asterisk (*) inferences about relationships have been drawn. n/a = not available. Common Name Season Temperature °C Reproductive Guild Comments lake sturgeon spring 13-21 broadcast longnose gar spring 19-29 broadcast spotted gar spring 21-26 broadcast bowfin spring 16-19 broadcast alewife spring 13-21 broadcast gizzard shad spring 16-25 broadcast rainbow trout spring 1-18 hide Atlantic salmon fall 6.7c hide cpeak brown trout fall 7-13 hide arctic charr fall 0.5c hide credd construction begins brook trout fall 2-13 hide lake trout fall 3-14 hide lake whitefish fall 1-12 broadcast cisco fall 2-5 broadcast bloater winter n/a broadcast kiyi fall n/a broadcast shortnose cisco spring 4-5 broadcast shortjaw cisco fall n/a broadcast pygmy whitefish fall n/a broadcast round whitefish fall 2-4 broadcast rainbow smelt spring 1-18 broadcast northern pike spring 2-18 broadcast musky spring 8-18 broadcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 spring bite will be there...but high flows might push steelies back in a hurry in some tribs. Seen lots of bass last year still guarding the beds on opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 spring bite will be there...but high flows might push steelies back in a hurry in some tribs. Seen lots of bass last year still guarding the beds on opener. i seen the same thing last year with the bass the water temp took a long time to warm up last summer and quite sure it will be the same this year but will have to see what spring brings but i heard that March is going to be cold this year and as i said in a post before i think we will be ice fishing in April like last year so it will have an affect on some fish but for how long it depends on water temp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse3g Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think the late spring is even much better for pike and walleye fishing. Anyway bass is closed up to July and late early or spring doesn’t affect bass fishing. The pike and walleye opener is 1st or 2nd Saturday of May. if it close to pike spawning time we may get some luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwhunter99 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I've found on the Detroit river the late winters only keep the anglers off the water longer due to ice flows. Most of the big girls have spawned out by 1st week in April regardless of temp. We fished april 15-20 last year and only caught 3 females. Over 200 fish caught easy. I'm sure other areas could be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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