I AGREE WITH THE ONCE A YEAR SPAWN,ALSO CATCHING FISH SHALLOW DO NOT MEAN THEY HAVE COME IN TO SPAWN,NOT FALL NOR EARLY SPRING,IN EARLY SPRING IN MY AREA AS WELL AS MOST AREAS THE FISH COMES IN TO FEED WHEN EARLY SHADS MOVE IN AT FIRST WARMING TREND,THEY WILL FEED A FEW DAYS THEN MOVE BACK OUT AND MANY THINK THEY CAME IN FOR THE SPAWN AND MOVE OUT.IF U WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCH AT THE FISH TO TELL U WHEN THEY SPAWN ,ONE IS A CHANGE IN THEIR COLOR AND ANOTHER IS AFTER THEY SPAWN THAT MOST OF THE EGGS ARE GONE,I HAVE WATCH CLOSELY AND AS MUCH AS I FISH IN SPRING,5 DAYS A WEEK IT SEEMS THAT I NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CATCH A FISH THAT HAD MOSTLY LAID OUT IN EARLY SPRING NOR HAVE I TALK TO ANY THAT HAD CAUGHT AND THAT EARLY EVEN WHEN THEY HAD SAID THE EARLY HAD ALREADY SPAWN OUT,KEEP A CHECK ON IT THIS SPRING TO SEE WHEN SOMEONE IN YOUR AREA CATCHES THE FIRST FISH THAT HAS LAID OUT AND LETS POST IT TO SEE WHAT TIME IT IS IN YOUR AREA,BY PROOF AND NOT SPECTULATION,THANKS