Signs of spring above water relating to what's happening below…

  • T.O.
    Posts: 4
    April 9, 2015 at 9:45 pm #1532929

    Bust out your phenological journals everyone…

    I’m looking for sayings, “ol wives tales”, correlations, timing, etc between certain plants/animals/birds etc above the water and what’s going on below on everyone’s local bodies of water.

    Like…
    -specific birds migration arrival that correlates with a certain seasonal fish bite…
    -plants/trees blooming or changing around lakes/rivers and whats happening with water temp or fish activity.

    I’ve just always been curious of relationships in nature and thought about it today while doing some river fishing for walleyes. I saw a “stand”(Large group) of tree swallows for the first time this year and noticed how the river temp just had hit the low 40s, typically meaning walleyes are moving/ready for spawn to happen soon.

    So if that makes sense, please add your own sayings/observations to the conversation.

    Personal Favorite: “Spring Bluegills start biting hard in the shallows when the cottonwood tree’s buds are as big as a squirrels ear” -Quote from Local River Rat

    Looking forward to some brilliant insights!

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    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 10, 2015 at 6:23 am #1532978

    Lilacs are blooming means the flathead start biting.

    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    April 10, 2015 at 6:31 am #1532980

    The old timers on the Rock River here have always said when the lilacs bloom the whitebass are running.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    April 10, 2015 at 7:47 am #1533012

    My grandma always used to say the whitebass would be running when the lilac leaves were the size of a squirrels ear.

    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    April 10, 2015 at 7:52 am #1533016
    John Schultz wrote:

    My grandma always used to say the whitebass would be running when the lilac leaves were the size of a squirrels ear.

    That’s funny, did she say what kind of squirrels?

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5823
    April 10, 2015 at 8:48 am #1533060

    My grandma said,
    “When grandpa hangs his suspenders on the bed-posts,
    hah got another one comm’in.” whistling

    rkd-jim
    Fountain City, WI.
    Posts: 1606
    April 10, 2015 at 1:57 pm #1533228

    Morels are popping when the oak leaves are the size of squirrels’ nutz….. devil Or was that squirrels’ ears:???: redface

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5823
    April 25, 2015 at 3:16 pm #1537906

    Would it matter whether they were roasted and/or toasted? whistling

    raynestorm
    Lake Wisconsin
    Posts: 59
    April 26, 2015 at 9:47 am #1538080

    “Crappie run starts with lilac blooms”

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    April 27, 2015 at 9:54 pm #1538677

    Maybe, Smallies are biting when the soft maples have seed hanging from their limbs and lilacs are blooming, that’s whats happening here in Iowa, been hearing the bites pretty good from a couple different guys.

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