Most of our early/spring fishing is chasing anadromous species(perch, shad, herring, stripers) as they come up the rivers to spawn. My experience is that this is highly impacted by water temps. So, I do expect an early spawn if the temps stay as warm as they've been. Heck, I've got a Japanese cherry tree in my front (south facing) yard that's almost in full bloom and that's a month early for even an early bloom. My grandfather used to always say that if the shadbush if blooming, than the stripers are in the river. We shall see this year.