Spawnout is right 10 to 14 days ago I seen what I would guess to be a herring ball in front of Brady's oysters below Elk river bridge, Lots of seals in it 50 to 100 and the seagulls were getting real fat. I tried jigging these balls last year from the seawall with no luck, I didn't want to take the new boat up that way in unchartered waters can get shallow up there want to break the Northriver in first before I ding her up. It's been three weeks since any reports have come my way of any herring in the marina, lots of small surf smelt. Water temp has risen to 50.5 if there coming should be now or maybe it is to late.