i have targeted them big time for the last 12 years from late april to May, the usualy go time, usually get a couple with the last few years getting harder and harder and this year the fishery has completly collapsed , I fish with a few others who target them hard and only know of one fish caught, some traditional hot spots are suddenly bass spots, started with rats then they kept getting more bass and bigger bass over the last few seasons. The patterns have completely changed. Last season we had a few not many 4-8lbers so would have thought there would be some. The small one or less lb blues came into the back bay about 4 weeks late too, could be somehow related, tiderunners used to come in like clockwork 3-4 days before back bay blues. Things could be bad for a while with no relief from netters
