02-05-2018, 01:34 AM
Quote:I'm only looking at the sst to look for warm current coming in. I've read a few papers on squid migration and it is more than just the temps near shore. Clouds have been making it difficult to get a single image on it but if you look at the composites, you see the trends. What I am looking for is where I'll likely focus. Nantucket Sound is warmer but there is more indication of warmer water coming up to Newport. I want to see if this correlates to the arrival reports this year. Simply something to do while we wait.Â
I did the same thing a few years back... I looked at 3 years of SST animations in March, April, May and June and used the reports from this forum to see that there is, in fact, a correlation between water temps and inshore catches of squid. It also seems strongly linked to moon phases, with the biggest catch reports coming from 1 week after the full moon right up until 3-4 days before the next full moon. The biggest of the biggest catches seem to happen when the high tide falls just after sunset to 11 p.m. about 10-15 days after the full moon when the water temps at the Newport buoy is at least 48 degrees.