Here's some food for thought for those so inclined. I've been trying proven early spring areas for almost a month and have yet to see any signs of significant numbres of schoolies even though the bait is there. These schoolies would be from a different year class, so is it possible that we have lost an entire generation(year-class) and if so any reasons. Granted there are larger fish chasing herring but they were the larger schoolies from years past. I've heard some 3rd hand info regarding this loss of a year class- due to the cleanness of the water in the Chesapeake and the low survival rate because the fish had gotten used to the dirty water. Any other thoughts gladly entertained. ronl