Does anyone know the water temps for pre spawn, spawn, post spawn? Do they change by region or are they static?
Been a while since I posted anything but been lurking
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Does anyone know the water temps for pre spawn, spawn, post spawn? Do they change by region or are they static?
Been a while since I posted anything but been lurking
No one knows?
It varies but generally around 50* prespawn, 55-65 during spawn, 65-70 post.
Can't help ya,as I don't ever check the temp,and it varies so much in only a few hundred yards where I fish a lot.They seem to spawn aroud Mothers day by me,in general.Seems the walleye spawn first,then the shad,then whitebass,then the crappie.
I've got a letter saved somewhere from the MDC when I asked about it.
Basically,it seemed to say that fish mainly are driven to spawn by the amount of daylight(phototropic?),and also temp,weather,water conditions also play a smaller part.