we've been culling all the LMB under 14" and several had big egg sacs in them. I only felt a little bit bad since we actually don't want a great spawn all that much this year - other than the fact that my other bass and crappie will eat most of the fry anyway.
But, not to get off topic - the point is that they are getting very close to spawn - I'd say we're in the pre-spawn pattern as the fish we've been catching are very aggressive.
