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Originally Posted by Bob S.
WE will be going up june 5 for a week of smallie fishing and can't wait. HAs anyone been out fishing lately? are any bass on the beds yet?
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I've read that when a bass is pulled off his nest, that sunfish swoop in and clean out the fry. Wonder if this is just a sunfish thing?
(Does this practice support catfish- and perch populations too?)
When I used to fish, bass that were protecting the nest occasionally got foul-hooked. Especially on light tackle, foul-hooked smallies gave you the good fight.
I've heard that "guardian bass" don't eat while on the nest, and try to move intruding items (in my case, a spinner) with their mouths -- and that may explain most "catches" by mouth.