No, the basic interpretation that I have seen most often is this:
It was, indeed, before fig season. Jesus was as likely to know that as anyone. Hoever, apparently some fig trees either keep some figs over from winter or fruit early. Thus, if they have already grown leaves early, they are likely to have fruit as well. This fig tree, however, in what is seen as an analogy to the Israelite nation of the tme, made a great show of being ripe (ie had leaves early) but no fruit to back it up. So Jesus a) showed that he has power to destroy as well as create and b) showed what he thinks of those who make great claims to something (be it ripeness or piety) but don't actually have it.
And like I said, every single other fig tree from that era is dead by now as well, why lament the one?