Do female smallmouth leave right after spawning?
Males may still guard fry while females and other adults resume feeding. Recovery and movement vary; not every female drops to a fixed deep band or stops feeding for a fixed number of weeks. Compare nearby feeding flats, weed/rock transitions, current breaks and the first depth change. In a cold Canadian year, “early summer” can still contain several reproductive stages. A cruising visible fish is not necessarily a nesting fish.
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