Peanut Bunker on the move ?

[kayak1]

This weekend while out on the beach in Lavallette we found large schools of peanut bunker all going south.... I also talked with a friend of mine up in Monmouth beach who saw the same thing..... The peanut bunker a very small in size and should still be in the back bay....

I have never seen or heard of this so early in the season.... This move takes place in the late fall but not now.....

any ideas to why??

Thanks
Dave

[Pfishingruven]

How small is small?  Around 1 or 2 inches?  With the lack of many peanuts in the back bays, I am wondering if these fish are migrating from their spawning grounds into the back bays?  My other guess is, with all the rain, there is a lack of food in the bays for them to feed on so they have moved out front.

Just a guess though.  I haven't ever seen this that I can remember.

 

[gymrat987654321]

maybe with the cool summer the water temp is that of what it should be in the fall? idk, just a guess.